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The Bronze Soldier ((エストニア語:Pronkssõdur), (ロシア語:Бронзовый Солдат), ''Bronzovyj Soldat'') is the informal name of a controversial Soviet World War II war memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, built at the site of several war graves, which were relocated to the nearby Tallinn Military Cemetery in 2007. Originally named ''"Monument to the Liberators of Tallinn"'' ((エストニア語:"Tallinna vabastajate monument")),〔(CCA.ee )〕〔(Parnupostimees.ee )〕 (ロシア語:"Монумент освободителям Таллина"), ''Monument osvoboditeljam Tallina''〔 later titled to its current official name "Monument to the Fallen in the Second World War",〔("ПАМЯТНИК ПОГИБШИМ ВО ВТОРОЙ МИРОВОЙ ВОЙНЕ В ТАЛЛИННЕ" ), from the Estonian Embassy in Russia website 〕 and sometimes called ''Alyosha'', or ''Tõnismäe monument'' after its old location. The memorial was unveiled on 22 September 1947, three years after the Red Army reached Tallinn on 22 September 1944 during World War II. The monument consists of a stonewall structure made of dolomite and a two-meter (6.5 ft) bronze statue of a soldier in a World War II-era Red Army military uniform. It was originally located in a small park (during the Soviet years called the Liberators' Square) on Tõnismägi in central Tallinn, above a small burial site of Soviet soldiers' remains reburied in April 1945. In April 2007, the Estonian government relocated the Bronze Soldier and, after exhumation and identification, the remains of the Soviet soldiers, to the Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn. Not all remains were reburied there, as relatives were given a chance for claims, and several bodies were reburied in various locations in the former Soviet Union according to the wishes of the relatives. Political differences over interpretation of the events of the war symbolised by the monument had already led to a controversy between Estonia's community of multiethnic Russophone post-World War II immigrants and Estonians, as well as between Russia and Estonia. The disputes surrounding the relocation peaked with two nights of riots in Tallinn (known as the Bronze Night), besieging of the Estonian embassy in Moscow for a week, and cyberattacks on Estonian organizations. ==Controversy== The monument was originally erected by Soviet authorities in Estonia ''to the liberators of Tallinn'' on 22 September 1944. The German Army did not engage in any battles with the Red Army entering the city on 22 September 1944.〔 Even though the Germans did not engage Soviets in Tallinn, they did retreat under pressure from the advancing Red Army. Instead the National Committee of the Republic of Estonia attempted to re-establish Estonian independence by taking power in Tallinn,〔 and by proclaiming Provisional Government of Estonia and declaring re-establishment of the country's independence on 18 September 1944. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bronze Soldier of Tallinn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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