Monument to the Battle of Tähtvere Memorial site

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 Tähtvere park, Tartu, Estonia, Tartumaa
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This monument, designed by Aleksander Eller and commemorating the Estonian victory over the Red Army Latvian Riflemen in the Battle of Tähtvere on 14 January 1919, was unveiled on 3 July 1932. It was demolished in 1940, but restored in 1942. After the war, the Soviet regime had the monument completely destroyed and eventually replaced, in 1957, with a bust of Hans Heidemann, a figure in the workers' and trade union movement. Restoration of the monument was proposed by Enn Tarto, and it was unveiled anew at its original site on 2 July 2006.

Used sources and references:

Eesti sõjaajaloo teejuht, Tallinn 2010. Koostanud K. Luts

Vabadussõja mälestusmärgid. 1. kd. Keila, 2002

Eesti Vabadussõja ajalugu I. Varrak 2020

Tartu Postimees: https://tartu.postimees.ee/211874/tartus-tahistati-1919-aasta-voitu-tahtvere-valjadel

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