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  2. Estonian War Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum was established in 1919 as Museum of the Estonian War of Independence. At the time of establishing, the Estonian War of Independence was not over (ended in 1920). [1] 1921–1940, the leader of the museum was Taavet Poska. At this time, the museum was located in Tallinn Old Town at Vene Street 5. In 1940, the museum was closed. [1]

  3. Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom - Wikipedia

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    The Vabamu or Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom ( Estonian: Okupatsioonide ja vabaduse muuseum Vabamu) in Tallinn, Estonia, is located at the corner of Toompea St. and Kaarli Blvd. It was opened on July 1, 2003, and is dedicated to the 1940-1991 period in the history of Estonia, [ 1] when the country was occupied by the Soviet Union ...

  4. EML Lembit - Wikipedia

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    1 × 40 mm Bofors AA gun. 1 × 7.7 mm Lewis AA machine gun. 24 mines. EML Lembit is one of two Kalev -class mine-laying submarines built for the Republic of Estonia before World War II, and is now a museum ship in Tallinn. She was launched in 1936 at Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness, and served in the Estonian Navy and the Soviet Navy.

  5. Museum of Fight for Estonia's Freedom - Wikipedia

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    Museum of Fight for Estonia's Freedom. Coordinates: 59°23′21″N 24°56′28″E. Museum of Fight for Estonia's Freedom ( Estonian: Eesti vabadusvõitluse muuseum) is a privately owned museum in Lagedi, near Tallinn. It specialises on exhibits of World War II battles on Estonian soil, or involving Estonian soldiers.

  6. Estonia in World War II - Wikipedia

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    World War II losses in Estonia, estimated at around 25% of the population, were among the highest proportion in Europe. War and occupation deaths listed in the current reports total at 81,000. These include deaths in Soviet deportations in 1941, Soviet executions, German deportations, and victims of the Holocaust in Estonia.

  7. German occupation of Estonia during World War II - Wikipedia

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    History of Estonia. In the course of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany invaded Estonia in July–December 1941, and occupied the country until 1944. Estonia had gained independence in 1918 from the then-warring German and Russian Empires. However, in the wake of the August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact, the Soviet Union had invaded and occupied ...

  8. Bronze Soldier of Tallinn - Wikipedia

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    The Bronze Soldier monument, with the stone structure reconstructed, at its new permanent location, June 2007. The Bronze Soldier (Estonian: Pronkssõdur, Russian: Бронзовый солдат, Bronzovyj soldat) is the informal name of a controversial [1] [2] Soviet World War II war memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, built at the site of several war graves, which were relocated to the nearby ...

  9. Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn - Wikipedia

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    A notable monument, "To those fallen in World War II", is the Bronze Soldier, a two-meter statue of a soldier in Red Army uniform with an accompanying stone structure. The statue was a part of a former Soviet World War II memorial by the sculptor Enn Roos and supervising architect Arnold Alas , and was moved from central Tallinn to the cemetery ...

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