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Statues of the Liberators
A series of Statues of the Liberators of western-hemisphere countries from colonial rule is found along Virginia Avenue, N.W., in Washington, D.C. (which has been referred to as a Washington version of New York City's Avenue of the Americas).
Over the past fifty-five years, several statues have been erected on Virginia Avenue, N.W., between 18th and 25th Streets, by various Latin American countries honoring their liberators and other national figures. The statues are maintained by the National Park Service. The location on Virginia Avenue was chosen because of its proximity to the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS), which is located at Virginia Avenue and 18th Street, and to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), which is located at Virginia Avenue and 23rd Street.
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The statue of Gálvez is idiosyncratic in that it both celebrates a Spanish loyalist and was given by the King of Spain to the United States in 1976 in celebration of the Bicentennial. It is Gálvez's role as a helper of the rebellious colonies during the American Revolution that is here celebrated.
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The Liberators
The Liberators was a science-fiction comic book series based on concepts created by Dez Skinn and Will Simpson for the British anthology title Warrior. The series was intended as a far-future continuation of Skinn's proposed shared continuity 'Warrior-verse', established in the Big Ben strip which also ran in Warrior. The Liberators was one of the first mainstream continuing strips scripted by Grant Morrison.
Plot
The scenario is the British capital of London in 2470. A ragtag group of human misfits with strange powers struggle against an occupying force of malevolent, shape-shifting alien beings.
After a disastrous guerilla assault on one of the invaders' living ships, the protagonists are attacked by the unstoppable Wardroid. Meanwhile, in the ruins of the Houses of Parliament, secrets are unearthed that may be the key to understanding the aliens' true motives.
Publication history
The Liberators first featured in Warrior #22, cover dated September 1984. After an initial 5 page installment, Death Run, written by Skinn himself and drawn by John Ridgway, the scripting of the series was handed over to Grant Morrison. Morrison's first 5 page installment, Night Moves, saw publication in Warrior 26, the final issue of the series, cover dated February 1986.
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The Liberators (Suvorov)
The Liberators by Viktor Suvorov (original Russian title: Освободитель) is a partly autobiographical description of life in the Soviet Army during the 1960s and 1970s. Told through anecdote, it provides insight into the brutality of a military machine where soldiers are treated with no regard whatsoever.
The scenes include the organized sadism of the glasshouse, a massive “military exercise” put on purely to impress foreigners, and an eyewitness description of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia. Daily life is dominated by the endless struggle of middle-ranking officers to impress their superiors, a struggle which does nothing whatever for military effectiveness or discipline but depends entirely on cunning and deceit.
The Liberators does not attempt to discuss Soviet doctrine, organization or equipment in any formal way; this is left to another book, Inside the Soviet Army. It does, however, provide an absorbing personal account for non-specialist readership.
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Liberators (comics)
The Liberators are a group of fictional comic book supervillains appearing in books published by Marvel Comics who appear in comics set in the Ultimate Marvel universe. Created by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch, they appear in the miniseries The Ultimates 2. They are effectively the Ultimate universe's equivalents of the Masters of Evil.
The Liberators are a superhuman task force who appear at the climax of the plot arc. They spearhead an invasion of the United States and are from a coalition of nations opposed to the United States' foreign policy. This international collective is made up of China, Syria, North Korea, Iran, and rogue elements of the French and Russian governments. The Liberators and their overseers are an opposing counterpart to the Ultimates and S.H.I.E.L.D., respectively.
Ideology
The members of the Liberators, and the countries supporting them, have varying reasons for attacking the United States, but are all against the U.S.A. in one way or another. Their reasons range from the Colonel's hatred of the United States and his belief that their plans must be curtailed to the Chinese, Russians, French, Arabs, and North Koreans, who desire to stop further preemptive strikes, or Black Widow's belief that the United States has turned her country into a land full of "prostitutes and gangsters". Loki is the singular exception; he joins forces with the Liberators not out of any particular animosity towards the United States, but out of a simple desire to fulfill his role as the Lord of Mischief.
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Statues of the Liberators - José Gervasio Artigas
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Latvia topples massive 79-meter Soviet-era monument | DW News
A concrete obelisk topped with Soviet stars, which was the centerpiece of a monument commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany, was demolished in Latvia's capital, Riga, on Thursday. Two diggers with pneumatic hammers brought the 79-meter (261-foot) obelisk down to the applause of numerous onlookers. A number of large-scale bronze statues had already been removed from the monument in the preceding days. In view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Latvia issued a decree that all objects glorifying totalitarian regimes must be destroyed by November 15. This included the Soviet victory monument erected in 1985. "This monument was a steady reminder of our occupation and the associated fate of many people: deportation, repression, and so on. We do not need this kind of monument," ...
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Toppling Soviet statues - How should history be remembered? | DW Documentary
Amid outrage at Putin’s war in Ukraine, memorials commemorating the Red Army’s victory over fascism are being torn down across Eastern Europe. But don’t Soviet troops who helped defeat the Nazis in World War II deserve to be remembered? In Ukraine and across Eastern Europe, monuments dating back to Soviet times are being torn down. But shouldn't we preserve them as a way of commemorating history? Few seem to think so. But some believe that tearing down these testaments to Soviet victories plays into Putin's hands. According to his propaganda, Russia still identifies with the Soviet Union, and the Russian army under his leadership is fighting the same battle as the Red Army once did. Yet many countries that suffered under Soviet rule see these statues and monuments as symbols of Russia...
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Watch moment Latvia topples Soviet-era monument in capital Riga
A concrete obelisk with Soviet stars at the top that was the center piece of a monument commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany has been toppled in the Latvian capital. Shortly before the obelisk went down on Thursday, heavy duty machinery was spotted behind a green privacy screen fence at the foot of the spire. The diggers chipped away at the base of the nearly 80-meter (260-foot) tall obelisk until it fell over and crashed into the pond that surrounded it in Victory Park. Scores of people, some with Latvian flags wrapped around their shoulders, cheered and applauded as the edifice came down. It was the latest in a series of Soviet monuments brought down after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. One young man said it was a "monumental day" for Latvia as a "scar left by the S...
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Statue of Soviet WWII commander removed in Prague
(3 Apr 2020) The statue of a Soviet World War II commander was removed from a district in Prague on Friday. The decision to remove the statue has drawn angry protests from Russia and pro-Russian Czech President Milos Zeman. Marshall Ivan Stepanovic Konev led the Red Army forces that liberated Prague and large parts of Czechoslovakia from the Nazi occupation in 1945. His monument, unveiled in the Prague 6 district in 1980 when the country was occupied by Soviet troops, has been a source of controversy. Russia vehemently protested when an explanatory text about Konev's role in history crushing the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising in Hungary and preparing the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia was attached to his monument two years ago. After the site was targeted by vandals, last year,...
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Dozens of Soviet-era statues in Latvia are to be removed or destroyed
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A concrete obelisk topped with Soviet stars, which was the centerpiece of a monument commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany, was demolished in L...
A concrete obelisk topped with Soviet stars, which was the centerpiece of a monument commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany, was demolished in Latvia's capital, Riga, on Thursday. Two diggers with pneumatic hammers brought the 79-meter (261-foot) obelisk down to the applause of numerous onlookers. A number of large-scale bronze statues had already been removed from the monument in the preceding days. In view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Latvia issued a decree that all objects glorifying totalitarian regimes must be destroyed by November 15. This included the Soviet victory monument erected in 1985.
"This monument was a steady reminder of our occupation and the associated fate of many people: deportation, repression, and so on. We do not need this kind of monument," Latvian President Egils Levits said during a livestream of the demolition. Mayor Martin Stakis called the demolition a "historic moment for Riga and all of Latvia."
Divisive monument
Some members of Latvia's ethnic Russian community had protested the removal of the monument. Every year on May 9, thousands of ethnic Russians gather at the monument to commemorate the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. Most Latvians see this date as the start of the Soviet occupation, which lasted until 1991. A group of activists attempted to demolish the monument with dynamite in 1997 but the explosives detonated unexpectedly, killing two people. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February has prompted authorities in several Eastern European countries to speed up the removal of Soviet-era symbols. Latvia's parliament voted in May to demolish the victory monument, and Riga's city council followed suit.
Russian backlash
Riga's monument was dismantled a week after neighboring Estonia took down a Soviet-era memorial of its own in Narva, a city with a large Russian-speaking minority. Tallinn had accused Russia of using such monuments to stir up tensions. There were concerns that Moscow might try to exploit differences between the Russian-speaking minorities and the national governments in Estonia and Latvia to destabilize the countries. Estonia's removal of the Soviet monument prompted the Russian hacker group Killnet to hit back with a major wave of cyberattacks on public and private facilities last week
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A concrete obelisk topped with Soviet stars, which was the centerpiece of a monument commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany, was demolished in Latvia's capital, Riga, on Thursday. Two diggers with pneumatic hammers brought the 79-meter (261-foot) obelisk down to the applause of numerous onlookers. A number of large-scale bronze statues had already been removed from the monument in the preceding days. In view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Latvia issued a decree that all objects glorifying totalitarian regimes must be destroyed by November 15. This included the Soviet victory monument erected in 1985.
"This monument was a steady reminder of our occupation and the associated fate of many people: deportation, repression, and so on. We do not need this kind of monument," Latvian President Egils Levits said during a livestream of the demolition. Mayor Martin Stakis called the demolition a "historic moment for Riga and all of Latvia."
Divisive monument
Some members of Latvia's ethnic Russian community had protested the removal of the monument. Every year on May 9, thousands of ethnic Russians gather at the monument to commemorate the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. Most Latvians see this date as the start of the Soviet occupation, which lasted until 1991. A group of activists attempted to demolish the monument with dynamite in 1997 but the explosives detonated unexpectedly, killing two people. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February has prompted authorities in several Eastern European countries to speed up the removal of Soviet-era symbols. Latvia's parliament voted in May to demolish the victory monument, and Riga's city council followed suit.
Russian backlash
Riga's monument was dismantled a week after neighboring Estonia took down a Soviet-era memorial of its own in Narva, a city with a large Russian-speaking minority. Tallinn had accused Russia of using such monuments to stir up tensions. There were concerns that Moscow might try to exploit differences between the Russian-speaking minorities and the national governments in Estonia and Latvia to destabilize the countries. Estonia's removal of the Soviet monument prompted the Russian hacker group Killnet to hit back with a major wave of cyberattacks on public and private facilities last week
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Toppling Soviet statues - How should history be remembered? | DW Documentary
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Amid outrage at Putin’s war in Ukraine, memorials commemorating the Red Army’s victory over fascism are being torn down across Eastern Europe. But don’t Soviet ...
Amid outrage at Putin’s war in Ukraine, memorials commemorating the Red Army’s victory over fascism are being torn down across Eastern Europe. But don’t Soviet troops who helped defeat the Nazis in World War II deserve to be remembered?
In Ukraine and across Eastern Europe, monuments dating back to Soviet times are being torn down. But shouldn't we preserve them as a way of commemorating history?
Few seem to think so. But some believe that tearing down these testaments to Soviet victories plays into Putin's hands. According to his propaganda, Russia still identifies with the Soviet Union, and the Russian army under his leadership is fighting the same battle as the Red Army once did.
Yet many countries that suffered under Soviet rule see these statues and monuments as symbols of Russian imperialism and oppression. Germany too is home to many Soviet monuments that are even being restored, and critical voices are getting louder.
Over 100 years after the founding of the Soviet Union on December 30, 1922, this documentary shows the challenges of dealing with these monuments of the past. We journey to Ukraine, to the Baltic States, and visit the Soviet memorials in Berlin.
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Amid outrage at Putin’s war in Ukraine, memorials commemorating the Red Army’s victory over fascism are being torn down across Eastern Europe. But don’t Soviet troops who helped defeat the Nazis in World War II deserve to be remembered?
In Ukraine and across Eastern Europe, monuments dating back to Soviet times are being torn down. But shouldn't we preserve them as a way of commemorating history?
Few seem to think so. But some believe that tearing down these testaments to Soviet victories plays into Putin's hands. According to his propaganda, Russia still identifies with the Soviet Union, and the Russian army under his leadership is fighting the same battle as the Red Army once did.
Yet many countries that suffered under Soviet rule see these statues and monuments as symbols of Russian imperialism and oppression. Germany too is home to many Soviet monuments that are even being restored, and critical voices are getting louder.
Over 100 years after the founding of the Soviet Union on December 30, 1922, this documentary shows the challenges of dealing with these monuments of the past. We journey to Ukraine, to the Baltic States, and visit the Soviet memorials in Berlin.
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A concrete obelisk with Soviet stars at the top that was the center piece of a monument commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany has been toppled ...
A concrete obelisk with Soviet stars at the top that was the center piece of a monument commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany has been toppled in the Latvian capital.
Shortly before the obelisk went down on Thursday, heavy duty machinery was spotted behind a green privacy screen fence at the foot of the spire.
The diggers chipped away at the base of the nearly 80-meter (260-foot) tall obelisk until it fell over and crashed into the pond that surrounded it in Victory Park.
Scores of people, some with Latvian flags wrapped around their shoulders, cheered and applauded as the edifice came down.
It was the latest in a series of Soviet monuments brought down after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
One young man said it was a "monumental day" for Latvia as a "scar left by the Soviet Union" had been removed.
The obelisk, made up of five spires with three Soviet stars at the top, had stood between two groups of statues - a band of three Red Army soldiers and a woman representing the “Motherland”.
The monument was built in 1985 while Latvia was still part of the Soviet Union.
It has stirred controversy since Latvia regained independence in 1991 and eventually became a NATO and European Union member.
On Twitter, Latvia's foreign minister said by taking down the monument, Latvia was “closing another painful page of the history and looking for better future”.
The country shares a 214-kilometer (133-mile) border with Russia and has a large ethnic Russian population.
On Russia’s annual Victory Day, which commemorates the Soviet victory over Germany in World War II, people used to gather in front of the Riga monument to lay flowers.
And not everyone welcomed the demolition, with one woman saying it was "wrong and very bad" to destroy a memorial to the soldiers who lost their lives in the Second World War.
Latvia’s parliament voted to approve the demolition of the Victory Park monument in May, and the Riga City Council followed suit.
Work to clear away the monument started three days ago with the removal of statues.
The area was then cordoned off and authorities issued a flight ban for drones.
Police temporarily closed traffic near the park on Thursday, citing security reasons.
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A concrete obelisk with Soviet stars at the top that was the center piece of a monument commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany has been toppled in the Latvian capital.
Shortly before the obelisk went down on Thursday, heavy duty machinery was spotted behind a green privacy screen fence at the foot of the spire.
The diggers chipped away at the base of the nearly 80-meter (260-foot) tall obelisk until it fell over and crashed into the pond that surrounded it in Victory Park.
Scores of people, some with Latvian flags wrapped around their shoulders, cheered and applauded as the edifice came down.
It was the latest in a series of Soviet monuments brought down after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
One young man said it was a "monumental day" for Latvia as a "scar left by the Soviet Union" had been removed.
The obelisk, made up of five spires with three Soviet stars at the top, had stood between two groups of statues - a band of three Red Army soldiers and a woman representing the “Motherland”.
The monument was built in 1985 while Latvia was still part of the Soviet Union.
It has stirred controversy since Latvia regained independence in 1991 and eventually became a NATO and European Union member.
On Twitter, Latvia's foreign minister said by taking down the monument, Latvia was “closing another painful page of the history and looking for better future”.
The country shares a 214-kilometer (133-mile) border with Russia and has a large ethnic Russian population.
On Russia’s annual Victory Day, which commemorates the Soviet victory over Germany in World War II, people used to gather in front of the Riga monument to lay flowers.
And not everyone welcomed the demolition, with one woman saying it was "wrong and very bad" to destroy a memorial to the soldiers who lost their lives in the Second World War.
Latvia’s parliament voted to approve the demolition of the Victory Park monument in May, and the Riga City Council followed suit.
Work to clear away the monument started three days ago with the removal of statues.
The area was then cordoned off and authorities issued a flight ban for drones.
Police temporarily closed traffic near the park on Thursday, citing security reasons.
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General Jose de San Martin
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Statue of Soviet WWII commander removed in Prague
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(3 Apr 2020) The statue of a Soviet World War II commander was removed from a district in Prague on Friday.
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(3 Apr 2020) The statue of a Soviet World War II commander was removed from a district in Prague on Friday.
The decision to remove the statue has drawn angry protests from Russia and pro-Russian Czech President Milos Zeman.
Marshall Ivan Stepanovic Konev led the Red Army forces that liberated Prague and large parts of Czechoslovakia from the Nazi occupation in 1945.
His monument, unveiled in the Prague 6 district in 1980 when the country was occupied by Soviet troops, has been a source of controversy.
Russia vehemently protested when an explanatory text about Konev's role in history crushing the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising in Hungary and preparing the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia was attached to his monument two years ago.
After the site was targeted by vandals, last year, Prague 6 representatives agreed to remove the statue and move it inside where it could not be vandalized.
Russia's Foreign Ministry and Russian embassy in Prague condemned the removal of the statute from its place.
Prague 6 officials said the Konev site will get a new monument to honor the liberators at the end of WWII and his statue will be transferred to a museum.
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(3 Apr 2020) The statue of a Soviet World War II commander was removed from a district in Prague on Friday.
The decision to remove the statue has drawn angry protests from Russia and pro-Russian Czech President Milos Zeman.
Marshall Ivan Stepanovic Konev led the Red Army forces that liberated Prague and large parts of Czechoslovakia from the Nazi occupation in 1945.
His monument, unveiled in the Prague 6 district in 1980 when the country was occupied by Soviet troops, has been a source of controversy.
Russia vehemently protested when an explanatory text about Konev's role in history crushing the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising in Hungary and preparing the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia was attached to his monument two years ago.
After the site was targeted by vandals, last year, Prague 6 representatives agreed to remove the statue and move it inside where it could not be vandalized.
Russia's Foreign Ministry and Russian embassy in Prague condemned the removal of the statute from its place.
Prague 6 officials said the Konev site will get a new monument to honor the liberators at the end of WWII and his statue will be transferred to a museum.
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Dozens of Soviet-era statues in Latvia are to be removed or destroyed
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Dozens of Soviet-era statues in Latvia are to be removed or destroyed. A committee of experts in Riga made the decision. When the list is finalised, statues and plaques will either be destroyed or if they have artistic value, put into storage.
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Benito Juárez -- Statues of the Liberators
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A concrete obelisk topped with Soviet stars, which was the centerpiece of a monument commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany, was demolished in Latvia's capital, Riga, on Thursday. Two diggers with pneumatic hammers brought the 79-meter (261-foot) obelisk down to the applause of numerous onlookers. A number of large-scale bronze statues had already been removed from the monument in the preceding days. In view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Latvia issued a decree that all objects glorifying totalitarian regimes must be destroyed by November 15. This included the Soviet victory monument erected in 1985.
"This monument was a steady reminder of our occupation and the associated fate of many people: deportation, repression, and so on. We do not need this kind of monument," Latvian President Egils Levits said during a livestream of the demolition. Mayor Martin Stakis called the demolition a "historic moment for Riga and all of Latvia."
Divisive monument
Some members of Latvia's ethnic Russian community had protested the removal of the monument. Every year on May 9, thousands of ethnic Russians gather at the monument to commemorate the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. Most Latvians see this date as the start of the Soviet occupation, which lasted until 1991. A group of activists attempted to demolish the monument with dynamite in 1997 but the explosives detonated unexpectedly, killing two people. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February has prompted authorities in several Eastern European countries to speed up the removal of Soviet-era symbols. Latvia's parliament voted in May to demolish the victory monument, and Riga's city council followed suit.
Russian backlash
Riga's monument was dismantled a week after neighboring Estonia took down a Soviet-era memorial of its own in Narva, a city with a large Russian-speaking minority. Tallinn had accused Russia of using such monuments to stir up tensions. There were concerns that Moscow might try to exploit differences between the Russian-speaking minorities and the national governments in Estonia and Latvia to destabilize the countries. Estonia's removal of the Soviet monument prompted the Russian hacker group Killnet to hit back with a major wave of cyberattacks on public and private facilities last week
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Toppling Soviet statues - How should history be remembered? | DW Documentary
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Amid outrage at Putin’s war in Ukraine, memorials commemorating the Red Army’s victory over fascism are being torn down across Eastern Europe. But don’t Soviet troops who helped defeat the Nazis in World War II deserve to be remembered?
In Ukraine and across Eastern Europe, monuments dating back to Soviet times are being torn down. But shouldn't we preserve them as a way of commemorating history?
Few seem to think so. But some believe that tearing down these testaments to Soviet victories plays into Putin's hands. According to his propaganda, Russia still identifies with the Soviet Union, and the Russian army under his leadership is fighting the same battle as the Red Army once did.
Yet many countries that suffered under Soviet rule see these statues and monuments as symbols of Russian imperialism and oppression. Germany too is home to many Soviet monuments that are even being restored, and critical voices are getting louder.
Over 100 years after the founding of the Soviet Union on December 30, 1922, this documentary shows the challenges of dealing with these monuments of the past. We journey to Ukraine, to the Baltic States, and visit the Soviet memorials in Berlin.
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A concrete obelisk with Soviet stars at the top that was the center piece of a monument commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany has been toppled in the Latvian capital.
Shortly before the obelisk went down on Thursday, heavy duty machinery was spotted behind a green privacy screen fence at the foot of the spire.
The diggers chipped away at the base of the nearly 80-meter (260-foot) tall obelisk until it fell over and crashed into the pond that surrounded it in Victory Park.
Scores of people, some with Latvian flags wrapped around their shoulders, cheered and applauded as the edifice came down.
It was the latest in a series of Soviet monuments brought down after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
One young man said it was a "monumental day" for Latvia as a "scar left by the Soviet Union" had been removed.
The obelisk, made up of five spires with three Soviet stars at the top, had stood between two groups of statues - a band of three Red Army soldiers and a woman representing the “Motherland”.
The monument was built in 1985 while Latvia was still part of the Soviet Union.
It has stirred controversy since Latvia regained independence in 1991 and eventually became a NATO and European Union member.
On Twitter, Latvia's foreign minister said by taking down the monument, Latvia was “closing another painful page of the history and looking for better future”.
The country shares a 214-kilometer (133-mile) border with Russia and has a large ethnic Russian population.
On Russia’s annual Victory Day, which commemorates the Soviet victory over Germany in World War II, people used to gather in front of the Riga monument to lay flowers.
And not everyone welcomed the demolition, with one woman saying it was "wrong and very bad" to destroy a memorial to the soldiers who lost their lives in the Second World War.
Latvia’s parliament voted to approve the demolition of the Victory Park monument in May, and the Riga City Council followed suit.
Work to clear away the monument started three days ago with the removal of statues.
The area was then cordoned off and authorities issued a flight ban for drones.
Police temporarily closed traffic near the park on Thursday, citing security reasons.
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Statue of Soviet WWII commander removed in Prague
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(3 Apr 2020) The statue of a Soviet World War II commander was removed from a district in Prague on Friday.
The decision to remove the statue has drawn angry protests from Russia and pro-Russian Czech President Milos Zeman.
Marshall Ivan Stepanovic Konev led the Red Army forces that liberated Prague and large parts of Czechoslovakia from the Nazi occupation in 1945.
His monument, unveiled in the Prague 6 district in 1980 when the country was occupied by Soviet troops, has been a source of controversy.
Russia vehemently protested when an explanatory text about Konev's role in history crushing the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising in Hungary and preparing the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia was attached to his monument two years ago.
After the site was targeted by vandals, last year, Prague 6 representatives agreed to remove the statue and move it inside where it could not be vandalized.
Russia's Foreign Ministry and Russian embassy in Prague condemned the removal of the statute from its place.
Prague 6 officials said the Konev site will get a new monument to honor the liberators at the end of WWII and his statue will be transferred to a museum.
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Band of Brothers - The surrender of a German Colonel
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Statues of the Liberators
A series of Statues of the Liberators of western-hemisphere countries from colonial rule is found along Virginia Avenue, N.W., in Washington, D.C. (which has been referred to as a Washington version of New York City's Avenue of the Americas).
Over the past fifty-five years, several statues have been erected on Virginia Avenue, N.W., between 18th and 25th Streets, by various Latin American countries honoring their liberators and other national figures. The statues are maintained by the National Park Service. The location on Virginia Avenue was chosen because of its proximity to the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS), which is located at Virginia Avenue and 18th Street, and to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), which is located at Virginia Avenue and 23rd Street.
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The statue of Gálvez is idiosyncratic in that it both celebrates a Spanish loyalist and was given by the King of Spain to the United States in 1976 in celebration of the Bicentennial. It is Gálvez's role as a helper of the rebellious colonies during the American Revolution that is here celebrated.
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