Part of the burial places of Soviet soldiers in Estonia was considered "inappropriate"
Estonian officials drew attention to 22 military graves from the times of the USSR. Some of the burial sites of Soviet soldiers-liberators were considered "unsuitable."
This was reported by the local broadcasting company ERR.
It is assumed that the remains of the soldiers and officers who liberated Estonia from the Nazis should be reburied in "more suitable" places for this. This initiative belongs to the War Graves Commission. The task should be carried out by the Estonian War Museum.
Its director, Hellar Lill, said that management considers it wrong that the graves of fallen soldiers are located in city squares, parks and densely populated areas, that is, in places "where the public moves."
Graves in inappropriate places mean primarily those in parks, green spaces, town squares and more densely populated areas. Places where the public moves and where it is inappropriate to bury human remains outside of cemeteries
Lill explained.
The bodies of five of the military cemeteries have already been reburied, and 17 more remain. And although this work is designed for several years, the tombstones on the graves, which have Soviet symbols, will be replaced with “neutral” ones this year.
According to the Estonian authorities, all this is done for security purposes against the backdrop of a special Russian military operation in Ukraine.
Earlier, in Narva, populated mainly by Russian-speaking residents, the tank-monument T-34 was dismantled. The combat vehicle itself was transferred to the museum.
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