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2 unusual facts about Freedom Monument


Freedom Monument

The three stars were said to stand for the newly created Baltic Soviet RepublicsEstonian SSR, Latvian SSR, and Lithuanian SSR – held aloft by Mother Russia and the monument was said to have been erected after World War II as a sign of popular gratitude toward the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin for the liberation of the Baltic States.

After several contests the monument was finally built at the beginning of the 1930s according to the scheme "Shine like a star!" submitted by Latvian sculptor Kārlis Zāle.



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Edmund Moeller

As the most famous of his works of sculpture is considered the Liberty Memorial opened in 1927 in the city of Trujillo, Peru's freedom monument in honor of the 100 of early proclaimed the independence of Trujillo.

For his work in the Freedom Monument in the city of Trujillo, received from Peruvian government the highest title that grants the state: The Medal The Sun of Peru and also the title of professor, died in Dresden, a city that had longer residence time.