CIMG0601 S and I in front of a monument to the Soviet troops, one of rapidly disappearing relics of the Soviet era. The monument is located right next to the Raudonė castle.
CIMG0601 S and I in front of a monument to the Soviet troops in Raudonė.
Right next to the castle of Raudonė there is this monument to the Soviet army troops, in which they are referred to as “the liberators”, as they were officially called at the time of Soviet occupation of Lithuania. It was built in the Soviet times, and the inscription says “fallen Soviet soldiers remembered forever”. My dad suggested I should get a picture of this monument since it must be one of the last few ones left, seeing how the relics of the Soviet era are rapidly disappearing from the face of Lithuania. Mom thought it’s not likely that this monument will be removed because it is a grave of actual Soviet soldiers, and graves are usually left alone, regardless of their connotations. She was probably right, because when I visited this place again in 2019, the monument was still there.
Raudonė, Lithuania, September 2005
