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
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