Victory Memorial to Soviet Army

Location: Riga, Latvia

Completed: 1985 (demolished 2022)

Architects: Ermun Bālins, Edvin Vecumnieks, Viktor Zulgalvis (architects), Lev Bokovsky, Aivars Gulbis, Leonid Kristovskis (sculptors) and Alexander Bugayev (artist)

Former name: Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders

Genre: War memorial, Soviet monument, former USSR

Victory Memorial to Soviet Army (formerly Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders) in Riga, Latvia | War memorial | Soviet monument | former USSR

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