On Estonian County of Hiiumaa dismantled the main Soviet monument of the island

In Kardla on the island of County of Hiiumaa (western Estonia) the Soviet military monument known among locals as "Stone Ury" is dismantled on October 27. Are transported as the stone head of the soldier in the Soviet helmet weighing 9 tons, and a 20-ton pedestal on which it was established, reported Estonian state television of ETV. According to the solution of the Hiyumaasky volost justice, the monument will be transferred in the local military museum. The sculpture of work of Endel Taniloo and Yulo Sirpa the more than four meters high was established in 1966. The inscription on a pedestal said "To heroes of defensive actions for County of Hiiumaa...