Skip to main content

Marfeldt Photography

Memorial or cemetery

Monument to the War of Independence in Vastseliina

Monument to the War of Independence in Vastseliina

Vastseliina's memorial, a wounded bronze soldier by Martin Saks, was unveiled on 18 October 1931 before some 3,000 people. One August night in 1948 it was torn down; the stone was re-inscribed and put on a Red Army mass grave, and Soviet soldiers dumped the bronze figure in the bushes near Nursi. Anna Avara from Võru saw it and organised a rescue: two farmers, August Soe and Rudolf Palu, carried it away by horse at night and hid it at the bottom of a potato pit. On 8 July 1988 it was dug up, and on 16 October 1989 the monument was reassembled from its original parts.

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

Eesti keeles

Martin Saksa loodud Vastseliina mälestussammas – haavatud pronkssõdur – avati 18. oktoobril 1931 umbes 3000 inimese osavõtul. Ühel 1948. aasta augustiööl see lõhuti; kivile raiuti uued kirjad ja see pandi punaarmeelaste ühishauale, pronkskuju aga viskasid nõukogude sõdurid Nursi lähedal võssa. Seda nägi pealt võrulanna Anna Avara ja korraldas päästmise: talupidajad August Soe ja Rudolf Palu viisid kuju öösel hobusega minema ja peitsid kartulikoopa põhja. 8. juulil 1988 kaevati see välja ning 16. oktoobril 1989 pandi sammas originaalosadest uuesti kokku.

Map of the area around Monument to the War of Independence in Vastseliina
57.73202° N, 27.28257° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vastseliina_Vabaduss%C3%B5ja_m%C3%A4lestussammas ↗

More stories nearby

Stay or walk nearby

Translate »