Work began on Monday morning at 8am, to remove a Soviet-era war monument from Tartu's Raadi Park. The remains of those buried in the graves at the site of the monument will also be removed from the site for reburial in a more suitable location.
Mayor of Tartu Urmas Klaas (Reform) and chairman of the city council Tõnis Lukas (Isamaa) are asking the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Culture to remove the Soviet war memorial in the Raadi Park area, Lukas says.