Go to the media bank Vehicle of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. File photoMOSCOW, Sep 12Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin instructed to organize an inspection in connection with the decision of the Estonian authorities to destroy the monument to Soviet soldiers in Raadi Park in the city of Tartu, according to the Telegram channel of the RF IC. In the Estonian city of Tartu, the dismantling of the monument to Soviet soldiers began on Monday, then their remains will be reburied «The chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee instructed the central office of the department to organize an inspection in connection with the decision of the Republic of Estonia to destroy the monument to Soviet soldiers in Raadi Park in Tartu,» the message says. On August 4, the Estonian government announced the start of a campaign to dismantle Soviet military monuments and reburial the remains of soldiers throughout the territory of the republic. Prime Minister Kaya Kallas said that the transfer of monuments is planned to be completed before the end of the year. The number of monuments and their location is determined by a specially created commission. Presumably, there are from 200 to 400 monuments and memorial signs on the territory of the country. By order of the government, a monument — the T-34 tank was dismantled and delivered to the Estonian Military Museum in the village of Viimsi near Tallinn, six more Soviet military monuments were transferred. The memorial plates on Narva's Petrovsky Square, the obelisk to the Red Army soldiers, the monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union Igor Grafov, two monuments related to the Second World War in Narva-Jõesuu and the monument to the Soviet landing in Meriküla were dismantled. Russia will restore military monuments dismantled in Russian Deputy Defense Minister Dmitry Bulgakov said.
