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9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: Monuments to Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and several Estonian communist figures are displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace, part of an open-air collection of dismantled Soviet-era monuments preserved following Estonia’s restoration of independence, in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13075283

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8, 2025: A monument to Soviet intelligence agent Helene Kullman, originally unveiled in 1972 in Tartu and removed in 1990 following Estonia’s restoration of independence, is seen on display at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8, 2025: A monument to Hero of the Soviet Union Yevgeny Nikonov, originally erected in 1960 in Tallinn and later damaged by metal theft in the early 1990s, stands on display at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamae Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#11196793

1 May 2024

Workers are dismantling the monument commemorating the Pereiaslav Agreement under the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly known as the Peoples' Friendship Arch, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2024. The monument represents the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia that took place in the town of Pereiaslav in January 1654.

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#11196794

1 May 2024

Workers are dismantling the monument commemorating the Pereiaslav Agreement under the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly known as the Peoples' Friendship Arch, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2024. The monument represents the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia that took place in the town of Pereiaslav in January 1654.

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#11196796

1 May 2024

Workers are dismantling the monument commemorating the Pereiaslav Agreement under the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly known as the Peoples' Friendship Arch, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2024. The monument represents the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia that took place in the town of Pereiaslav in January 1654.

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#11196797

1 May 2024

Workers are dismantling the monument commemorating the Pereiaslav Agreement under the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly known as the Peoples' Friendship Arch, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2024. The monument represents the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia that took place in the town of Pereiaslav in January 1654.

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#11196800

1 May 2024

Workers are dismantling the monument commemorating the Pereiaslav Agreement under the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly known as the Peoples' Friendship Arch, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2024. The monument represents the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia that took place in the town of Pereiaslav in January 1654.

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#11196802

1 May 2024

Workers are dismantling the monument commemorating the Pereiaslav Agreement under the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly known as the Peoples' Friendship Arch, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2024. The monument represents the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia that took place in the town of Pereiaslav in January 1654.

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#11196803

1 May 2024

Workers are dismantling the monument commemorating the Pereiaslav Agreement under the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly known as the Peoples' Friendship Arch, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2024. The monument represents the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia that took place in the town of Pereiaslav in January 1654.

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#11196804

1 May 2024

Workers are dismantling the monument commemorating the Pereiaslav Agreement under the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly known as the Peoples' Friendship Arch, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2024. The monument represents the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia that took place in the town of Pereiaslav in January 1654.

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#11196805

1 May 2024

Workers are dismantling the monument commemorating the Pereiaslav Agreement under the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly known as the Peoples' Friendship Arch, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2024. The monument represents the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia that took place in the town of Pereiaslav in January 1654.

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#11196806

1 May 2024

Workers are dismantling the monument commemorating the Pereiaslav Agreement under the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly known as the Peoples' Friendship Arch, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2024. The monument represents the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia that took place in the town of Pereiaslav in January 1654.

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#11196809

1 May 2024

Workers are dismantling the monument commemorating the Pereiaslav Agreement under the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly known as the Peoples' Friendship Arch, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2024. The monument represents the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia that took place in the town of Pereiaslav in January 1654.

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#11196810

1 May 2024

Workers are dismantling the monument commemorating the Pereiaslav Agreement under the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly known as the Peoples' Friendship Arch, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2024. The monument represents the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia that took place in the town of Pereiaslav in January 1654.

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#11196811

1 May 2024

Workers are dismantling the monument commemorating the Pereiaslav Agreement under the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly known as the Peoples' Friendship Arch, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2024. The monument represents the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia that took place in the town of Pereiaslav in January 1654.

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