"post-Soviet history"

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9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: Three aligned portrait-monuments of Vladimir Lenin, originally installed in 1981 in Pärnu and removed in 1990, are displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, part of a collection of communist-era monuments reflecting Estonia’s Soviet past, on December 8, 2025.

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#13076497

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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#13076493

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA DECEMBER 8: A monument to Joseph Stalin, former Soviet dictator, originally installed in 1950 in Tallinn and removed in 1960, is displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace as part of a collection of communist-era monuments reflecting Estonia's Soviet past, in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13076495

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument commemorating the failed communist coup attempt of December 1, 1924, originally installed in 1975 to mark the 35th anniversary of Soviet Estonia and the 30th anniversary of the end of World War II, and removed in 1993 following Estonia’s restoration of independence, is seen on display at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamae Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13076488

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument to Tartu-born Red Army commanders August Kork and Aleksander Kukk, originally installed in 1981 in Tartu and removed in 1990 ahead of Estonia’s restoration of independence, is displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamae Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13076502

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument to Tartu-born Red Army commanders August Kork and Aleksander Kukk, originally installed in 1981 in Tartu and removed in 1990 ahead of Estonia’s restoration of independence, is displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamae Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13075291

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument commemorating the failed communist coup attempt of December 1, 1924, originally installed in 1975 in Tallinn to mark the 35th anniversary of Soviet Estonia and the 30th anniversary of the end of World War II, and removed in 1993 following Estonia’s restoration of independence, is seen on display at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamae Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13075292

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument to Joseph Stalin, former Soviet dictator, originally installed in 1950 in Tallinn and removed in 1960, is displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace as part of a collection of communist-era monuments reflecting Estonia’s Soviet past, in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13075286

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument commemorating the failed communist coup attempt of December 1, 1924, originally installed in 1975 in Tallinn to mark the 35th anniversary of Soviet Estonia and the 30th anniversary of the end of World War II, and removed in 1993 following Estonia’s restoration of independence, is seen on display at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamae Palace 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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#13075287

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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#13075282

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument commemorating the failed communist coup attempt of December 1, 1924, originally installed in 1975 in Tallinn to mark the 35th anniversary of Soviet Estonia and the 30th anniversary of the end of World War II, and removed in 1993 following Estonia’s restoration of independence, is seen on display at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamae Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13071054

7 December 2025

Passengers are seen at the Warsaw Central Station in Warsaw, Poland on 16 December, 2025. The station or "Dworzec Centralny' was completed in 1975 during the 1970s ecomomic boom in the Polish People's Republic (PRL). The building was scheduled to completed ahead of Leonid Brezhnev's visit to Poland in 1975.

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#13071049

7 December 2025

Passengers are seen at the Warsaw Central Station in Warsaw, Poland on 16 December, 2025. The station or "Dworzec Centralny' was completed in 1975 during the 1970s ecomomic boom in the Polish People's Republic (PRL). The building was scheduled to completed ahead of Leonid Brezhnev's visit to Poland in 1975.

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#13071038

7 December 2025

Passengers are seen at the Warsaw Central Station in Warsaw, Poland on 16 December, 2025. The station or "Dworzec Centralny' was completed in 1975 during the 1970s ecomomic boom in the Polish People's Republic (PRL). The building was scheduled to completed ahead of Leonid Brezhnev's visit to Poland in 1975.

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#13071027

7 December 2025

Passengers are seen at the Warsaw Central Station in Warsaw, Poland on 16 December, 2025. The station or "Dworzec Centralny' was completed in 1975 during the 1970s ecomomic boom in the Polish People's Republic (PRL). The building was scheduled to completed ahead of Leonid Brezhnev's visit to Poland in 1975.

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