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Memorial or cemetery · 1989

battle of Kärstna monument

battle of Kärstna monument

This memorial at Kärstna remembers the 18 Estonian men killed in the battle of Kärstna in the War of Independence. A local committee raised the money and the monument, designed by Leonhard Pruul of the State School of Applied Arts, was unveiled on 26 August 1928; a black marble plaque with the names was added in 1930. A Soviet destruction battalion blew it up on 19 June 1941, and the remaining plinth was smashed in October 1944. A local heritage club founded in November 1988 rebuilt it, and on 23 June 1989 two veterans of the war, Ants Kallas and Oskar Traat, cut the blue-black-white ribbon.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Kärstna mälestussammas meenutab 18 Eesti meest, kes hukkusid Vabadussõja Kärstna lahingus. Kohalik komisjon kogus raha ning Riigi Kunsttööstuskooli skulptor Leonhard Pruuli kavandatud sammas avati 26. augustil 1928; 1930. aastal lisati nimedega must marmorplaat. Nõukogude hävituspataljon õhkis samba 19. juunil 1941 ja allesjäänud sokkel purustati 1944. aasta oktoobris. 1988. aasta novembris loodud kohalik muinsuskaitseklubi taastas samba ning 23. juunil 1989 lõikasid sinimustvalge lindi läbi Vabadussõja veteranid Ants Kallas ja Oskar Traat.

Map of the area around battle of Kärstna monument
58.13772° N, 25.80506° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4rstna_lahingu_m%C3%A4lestussammas ↗

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