Bronze soldier
The Bronze Soldier 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Memorial
- Description: Soviet World War II war memorial in Tallinn, Estonia
- Also known as: “Bronze Soldier of Tallinn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn and Monument to the leaders of the War of Independence.
Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn
Cemetery
Photo: Tiitha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn, sometimes called the Tallinn Military Cemetery, is military cemetery in Tallinn. It is situated about 3 kilometres outside the centre of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
Monument to the leaders of the War of Independence
Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Monument to the leaders of the War of Independence is a memorial.
Siselinna Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: IvoFalk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
Siselinna Cemetery is a cemetery area in Juhkentali subdistrict, Tallinn, Estonia. Its area is 18.3 ha. Siselinna Cemetery is situated 260 metres northwest of Bronze soldier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maakri and Kesklinn.
Maakri
Quarter
Maakri is a subdistrict in the district of Kesklinn, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 1,099. In the last decade Maakri has developed into the main business centre of Tallinn.
Kesklinn
Suburb
Photo: Pjotr Mahhonin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kesklinn is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is situated on the Tallinn Bay and bordered to the northwest by the district of Põhja-Tallinn, to the west by Kristiine, to the southwest by Nõmme, to the east by Lasnamäe and Pirita, and to the south by Rae Parish, beyond Lake Ülemiste.
Bronze soldier
- Categories: sculpture and historic site
- Location: Kesklinna linnaosa, Tallinn, Harju, North Estonia, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
59.42167° or 59° 25′ 18″ northLongitude
24.76542° or 24° 45′ 56″ eastOpen location code
9GF6CQC8+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3909419812OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q928267
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Bronze soldier” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Бронзавы салдат”
- Bulgarian: “Бронзовият войник в Талин”
- Catalan: “Soldat de bronce de Tallin”
- Catalan: “Soldat de bronze de Tallin”
- Danish: “Bronzesoldaten”
- Danish: “Tõnismäemonumentet”
- Dutch: “Bronzen soldaat van Tallinn”
- Dutch: “De bronzen soldaat van Tallinn”
- Esperanto: “Bronza Soldato de Talino”
- Estonian: “Pronkssõdur”
- Estonian: “Tallinna vabastajate monument”
- Estonian: “Tõnismäe pronkssõdur”
- Finnish: “Pronssisotilas”
- Finnish: “Pronssisoturi”
- Finnish: “Tallinnan patsaskiista”
- Finnish: “Tallinnan vapauttajien monumentti”
- Finnish: “Tallinnan vapauttajien muistomerkki”
- Finnish: “Бронзовый солдат”
- French: “Soldat de bronze”
- German: “Bronze-Soldat von Tallinn”
- German: “Bronzener Soldat”
- German: “Bronzesoldat von Tallinn”
- Hebrew: “חייל הברונזה של טאלין”
- Hebrew: “חייל הברונזה”
- Italian: “Soldato di Bronzo”
- Japanese: “タリン解放者の記念碑”
- Korean: “청동 병사”
- Latvian: “Bronzas kareivis”
- Lithuanian: “Bronzinis karys Taline”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bronsesoldaten i Tallinn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bronsesoldaten”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Det sovjetiske Bronsesoldat-monumentet i Tallinn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tõnismäemonumentet”
- Norwegian: “Det sovjetiske Bronsesoldat-monumentet i Tallinn”
- Polish: “Brązowy Żołnierz”
- Polish: “Pomnik Wyzwolicieli Tallinna”
- Portuguese: “Soldado de bronze de Tallinn”
- Russian: “Алёша (памятник, Таллин)”
- Russian: “Бронзовая ночь”
- Russian: “Бронзовый солдат”
- Russian: “Бронзовый Солдат”
- Russian: “Памятник Воину-освободителю (Таллин)”
- Russian: “Памятник Воину-освободителю в Эстонии”
- Russian: “Памятник освободителям Таллина от немецко-фашистских захватчиков (Бронзовый солдат)”
- Russian: “Таллинский солдат”
- Samogitian: “Tarībėnė karė pamėnklos Estėjuo”
- Samogitian: “Tarībėne kare pamėnkls Estėjuo”
- Spanish: “Soldado de bronce de tallin”
- Spanish: “Soldado de bronce de Tallin”
- Swedish: “Bronssoldaten i Tallinn”
- Swedish: “Bronssoldaten”
- Swedish: “Bronsstatyn i Tallinn”
- Swedish: “Monumentet över Tallinns befriare”
- Swedish: “Pronkssodur”
- Swedish: “Pronkssõdur”
- Swedish: “Tonismäemonumentet”
- Swedish: “Tönismäemonumentet”
- Swedish: “Tõnismäemonumentet”
- Tajik: “Афсари Биринҷӣ”
- Tajik: “Сарбози биринҷӣ”
- Turkish: “Bronz Asker”
- Ukrainian: “Бронзовий солдат”
- Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник ‘Бронзовий солдат’ у Таллінні”
- Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник «Бронзовий солдат» у Таллінні”
- Vietnamese: “Chiến sĩ đồng thiếc”
- “Tarībėnė karė pamėnklos Estėjuo”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kaitseväe kalmistu kabel and Vabadussõjas langenute mälestusehis.
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