Massive Obelisk at Soviet WWII memorial is toppled with a splash
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2022
- MOMENT massive Obelisk at Soviet WWII memorial is toppled with a splash in Latvia.
The "Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders" was built in 1985 to commemorate the Soviet Army's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
Back then, the Baltic nation - now part of NATO and the European Union - was still part of the Soviet Union.
The obelisk, crowned with a Red Army star, was a controversial venue in Riga, following Latvia's independence in 1991.
Some ethnic Russians protested the dismantling but no major incident was reported.
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Honestly I’m American and that’s just wrong those men died for that country and fought for what they believed in and it deserves to be respected
Evidently they believed in genocide because that's what they did in "that" country.
It's like if Canada invaded the USA. Then Mexico arrives and beats Canada back, then takes charge of your whole country and oppresses you for two generations. They deport dozens of thousands of people to Mexican deserts, drench any idea of a free local government for the USA, and populate a third of the ex-USA with Mexicans. Americans live under a reign of silent terror, and don't make too much noise, lest their own kids report them. And the Mexicans build a giant memorial to mexican heroism, just to make sure everybody knows who's boss.
Fourty years later, the Mexican regime collapses, the USA become free again, and when the Americans topple the Mexican memorial, somebody in Europe tell them it's just wrong, that Mexicans died for that country.
@@totallynotyniswear39 Genocide was believed in when Hiroshima and Nagasaky were nuked. This monument was erected by Roosevelt's and Churchill's best ally. Ignoring history is the worst tghing one could think of. Idiotic.
Fun fact: the obelisk was knocked down by only one person, who operated both of the bulldozers at different times
Not many needed to knock the whole bloody RuZZia down!
I hope he puts that on his resumé
History gone
What it stood for
What it meant
Gone forever......
@@mkodyChallengesYOu Yes, it stood for a murderous and barbaric empire which has long passed its high-water mark and is now about to recede into history permanently. May the rest of the reminders it left across Europe meet the same fate.
Excavators, No bulldozers in this video..
Bravo Latvians! Greetings from Poland!
Idiot, this monument Soviet people, not Rusian!
Standing ovation!
This symbol of oppression stood far too long.
And now it truly represents the Soviet era, it has collapsed.
Bruh it just memorial smybol for WW2, its not like the symbol is stalin or lenin
@@AbdulRasyidPangrango-qr9dt Really? What period in years was represented on a "memorial"? Before or after Stalin collaborated with Hitler?
@@FVBmovies duhh dumbo. it clearly visible on the title, soviet WW2 memorial. This monument is to honor those who fight in WW2
The inaugural video would make an interesting find.
Russian Federation: Somebody accidentally leaned on it .
The cigarette strikes again.
Special Relocation Operation
@@BaliAgha 🤣
Or maybe some tourist farted on it . . . 🤣
The Soviet monument held, it was the earth that folded over.
So long Soviet Union, you won't be missed.
The memorial was for the soldiers who liberated Europe from Nazism.
Brainwashed and pathetic comments.
Soviet Union hasn’t existed for over 20 years….
@@Jimmythefish577 But its monuments do
I’m surprised this didn’t happen sooner.
Look, show some respect
This is how communism and oppression should be treated. Tear it down.
Tear down the Europa bldg. in Brussels as well.
I'm against the toppling of any monument for any reason. The future generations will be worse off without the examples of the mistakes from the past.
You are right. Wise people discuss history and draw conclusions. Imbeciles tear down memorials and frolic like madmen.
dont talk or dont discuss... just do it.. Remove all the Soviet memorial BS from each and every country!!!
Yes! And ban the Russian language...........
Very true. There is work to be done in Berlin...
@B8 Most Ukrainians speak RuSSian, they had to learn RuSSian through the occupation of their country!! Now they can get rid of this language......................
@B8 Belgium and Switzerland haven´t recently marched into a sovereign country bombing, murdering and raping civilians, and stealing everything that they worked hard for! It´s a proven fact that Orc´s are "Lower entites" And the "Putin plague" must be eradicated! RuSSians who support crazy Putin are just as guilty...................
Same in GErmany too PLSEASE!
The berlin wall is already down.
In Russia there are many German military graveyards after WWII. Grandchildren of this dead German soldiers can visit the graves. They are kept in total order. Nobody destroys them even knowing that those dead people were our enemies. Now do you really want to destroy the monuments of dead Soviet soliders? What would you think if Russian government do the same thing to German graveyards in Russia? I don't think it's a good idea. Dead are dead. We must keep a memory of them. Only barbarians fighting with the dead. Vielen Dank für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit.
we in Ukraine also tear down monuments to the Soviet Union and soldiers, because we know that there is no difference between fascist Germany, the USSR, and now Russia. the Russian military was even more cruel to the population in those days than the Germans, and now nothing has changed
Who "we", who you ,lol kid...
Clown, tell this to all those Ukrainians who fought against the German army that it turns out to be all the same ..
Give the facts that the USSR did the same as Germany, although you are so stupid that I don’t know if you can read, because you wanted to be a slave of the Aryans ...
Oh,so did you come from a family of collaborators?Or bot?
Down the Russian monuments. Russians define themselves all about military force. They are so proud to have submitted many people in their vast country. And the worst thing is: they can't get enough. A real nightmare of a neighbour for all the smaller countries around. Despite NATO I am happy not to live in direct neighbourhood to Russia. Russia.
Yeah. After 50 years of "liberation" propaganda, it's time to tell the story unfiltered
"Вы в Украине" естественно не видите разницы между нацистской Германией и СССР, т.к.у руля вашего стоят люди, поддерживающие нацистские формирования. Естественно, ты, глупец, с промытыми мозгами, ставишь пособников нацистов во времена ВОВ в один ряд с твоими соотечественниками, которые ценой своей жизни спасли Украину от нацистских зверств. Всю вашу страну страну восстановили после войны силами советских людей, все ваши заводы, фабрики, школы, институты, больницы и остальная иефраструктура строилась народом СССР. Но в вашей голове каша, вы же не видите разницы, что к режим СССР считал все народы союза равноправными, а режим нацистов считал остальные народы рабами и прислугой. Что же в вашей глупой голове происходит, почему вы не читаете книги нормальные??
@@terrijohnson6733 what a fairytaile view upon History you have... 😂
This was awesome! Long overdue!! 👏👏👏👏
The disdain the Latvians feel for Moscow and the Soviets must really be something.
@@austindarrenor you're right! And understandably so!
@@tedmccarron Thanks. I'm so used to getting contradictions to comments that I make this is a nice change. 🥳
@@tedmccarron Actually what I'd like to see is a memorial to the 150K Soviet soldiers that were shot and killed during WW II by their fellow Soviets (anti-retreat squads).
We were in Riga this week. We were advised to keep away from that area, as they were expecting a demonstration by Russian residents.
I couldn't believe it when we got home last night and saw this on the TV.
was there a demonstration
@@grawakendream8980 Not that we were aware of at the time. Although there were a lot of Policija in the tourist areas that morning, as they were ringing the church bells in support of Ukraine.
@@bigtone1348 Then all is good
@@mis4nthr0p3 We travelled through Finland, Estonia and Latvia. You get a sense of unease among the people. All three countries have borders with Russia'.
@@bigtone1348 also a history of ruzzians invading and killing the people of Finland and the Baltics.
I woould like to see a memorial erected on that site to all those killed or tortured during the Soviet occupation.
А такие были?
@@user-yl3to8li4q 🤔Uhhhhh?
@@user-yl3to8li4q Не понимаю, что ты бормочешь.
When in Riga, go to the Corner House (KGB museum), there you can see what the Ruzzian secret service did…
@@TheRealMrSkippy I would love to visit Riga. If I'm fortunate to get there, I will visit the Corner House. Thanks for the tip.
When you attempt to erase the past you will end up repeating it
Fun fact, this Obelisk was torn down by only one man. He tried to conduct a special operation and told everyone he would do it in three days. Then it escalated quickly and became a long, long project...
With the help of six bulldozers that broke down and were left sitting.
he never told about three days, you are just a zombie
@@danielschannel701 I heard his hired "contractors" were some unsuspecting school kids, convicts and some people who didn't receive payment. Makes one wonder...
Ha ha he didn't say that. The lying Western media spoke
@@user-ed2ub9bm6r Who didn't say what?
Say no to totalitarianism and Communism. Look forward to freedom and free election, something that Putin and Xi don’t ever allow.
and trump
Make a monument to resistance fighters who fought against Soviet oppression on this location.
Forest Brothers!!
Plant some potatoe fields there
Few trees
Make something for earth
Лучше сразу памятник Адольфу Гитлеру.
@@super-troll Please translate
@@johnwill8350 Учи русский язык.
Это настолько же красиво, как взрывы русских танков на юго-востоке Украины.
@Ivan Petrov Лучше было б если Россия сама не была б нацистским государством. Российских зондеркомандо "Z" мы встретим, мы встретим, так же как Украина, встретим вместе с союзниками, другими демократическими, свободными, независимыми государствами.
@Ivan Petrov zюzюzю
@Ivan Petrov Я бы удивился, если бы россия опять пришла кого-то "освобождать". Просто нечем это делать. Больше половины армейских ресурсов истрачены, и людских в том числе. Отсюда и переход к обороне в Украине. Даже если сейчас они уберутся домой, не меньше 10 лет нужно на восстановление.
@@MsMaksim07 Yes, the Russians will run out of ammunition, tanks, troops and generals in -March- -April- -June- -August- September, for sure.
@@Owlmare в 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 году может быть точно
Now, they will replace it with a statue of Adolf Hitler lol
The murdering dictator is too pompous to realise how significant this is
@@muckle8 Nope. Your god, murderer and thief, Pooty the puta.
Zelensky.. you alright bud? No im talking about the murdering dictator that has sent 40-80,000 men to their deaths for nothing. Who is ravaging a country for no reason. Try work that out, his name rhymes with poopin. That is what he is a big 💩
@@muckle8 Weak childish deflection.
@@muckle8 Russian propaganda troll...GFY. : )
@@muckle8 if your getting paid by the word, your wage isnt going far!
Vatnik 🤡
next we should do stalins birth house in Georgia
Better as a museum against Stalin, Stalinism and the bloodthirsty cccp in general
Hitler's in Bavaria too.
@@mis4nthr0p3 yea sure why not 😂
@@mis4nthr0p3 Austria
I always thought the grave of Karl Marx in a London should of been removed ,after all he was the father of the evil idea of communism and brought about the deaths of millions of people!
Congratulations my Latvian brothers and sisters you just toppled the "evil".
Очень символично, что слово "зло" у вас в кавычках 🤣
But the Russians were allied in ww2, in my opinion this is a big disrespect to all the Russian service men that died to rid the world of the axis forces in ww2, that is if this statue was a ww2 memorial
@NationalAmerican TeroristicOrganisationNATO Your rubles are in the mail Boris.
@@2sik_UK What Putin doing to Ukraine is not disrespect? Calling the Ukrainian people axis as an excuse to invade and slaughter their people. The very people who fought WWII. You know who the real axis is? You guess. Serve it right. I hope that they take them all down.
@@2sik_UK Советские солдаты уничтожили 80% всех сил, как вы выражаетесь, оси.
This monument was simply not compatible with freedom , human rights and democracy. Well done , Latvia 👍👍👍👍
You know thousands of Latvians fought on both sides in WW2?
@@ADZ01982 But only the Soviets imposed communism on Latvia.
@@ADZ01982 Most of them fought against their will.
Well done Ĺatvia !!
For the 'Special Monument Demolition Operation'.
Stupidly. To destroy the monument to the soldiers who liberated this land from fascism at the cost of their lives. Grateful descendants. If it weren't for the Russian soldiers, the fascists would have cooked a great piece of soap from the grandmother of this excavator. Soon they will restore this monument at the muzzle of a T-90 tank and sing the anthem of Russia.
@@super-troll *who liberated this land and then occupied it themselves. And are all ruscists as stupid as you - to threaten a NATO country with an invasion?.. 5th article you know.
@@super-troll learn history you occupant trash
@@super-troll spoken like a true fascist
@@super-troll Putin’s trolls crying? Boo hoo get out of Ukraine with ur garbage army
They should have removed that garbage along time ago
Way to go! Long time expected.
I hate people who are knocking down history.
Well done Latvia, this monument is monument of opression and nothing else.
Hope you can build a park and memories of your independence day instead on the sight.
they denazified this country......but karma never fails..
@@fabb5 Actually the Red army likely inflicted much more misery and suffering in Latvia than they did good. And in case of Western Europe they arrived to countries already largely liberated by local partisans only to take credit for their hard work while pillaging, looting and raping. They deserve no monuments. Especially since whatever good they did they undone no only with their aforementioned atrocities but also mistreatment of these countries in the following decades.
@@fabb5 they need to denazify ruZZia now. Remember most of the troops in the red army were Ukrainian
Глупо. Скоро они этот памятник будут восстанавливать под дулом танка Т-90 и петь гимн России.
@@super-troll haha Russia 2nd best army in Ukraine.
Beautiful and highly symbolic! It's just a shame that Putin wasn't there to see it up close, very up close, and personally.
Even better if Putin was on top of it and rode it into the pond!
Что красиво? Снести памятник солдатам, которые освободили эту землю от фашизма это идиотизм.
Unfortunately and regrettably I must disagree....
Lol its not for putin
@@super-troll Replaced one form of fascism with another.
Congratulations and well done Latvia! 🇪🇦♥️🇱🇻🇺🇦 💪🏼 Slava Ukraine!💙💛
Well done a tribute to all the Soviets who died liberating your country from fascism...
@@ADZ01982 "liberating" from one set of fascists to be subjugated by another for 45 years.
Wtf? its memorial for fallen soldiers in ww2? it has nothing to do with UA, btw a lot of fallen soviet soldiers were from UA, thats called history
He is Spaniard. And don't cry for the past.
@@ADZ01982 They liberated nobody and nowhere. Its USSR that invaded Poland together with Germany - thus starting WW2 in Europe. They invaded Baltic countries, committed genocide and ethnic cleansing there. No country that fell within operation area of Soviet troops was liberated - all were enslaved, just slaver was replaced. Even more - Soviets had helped Hitler to rise in power as well as to rebuild german military. Not to forget about gulags, extermination camps, state orchestrated famine, Katyn, and so on - all deeds of Soviets.
still not nice to destroy a war memorial, it's not about the government it's about each person who gave their lives for a just cause.
Well done Latvia 🇱🇻
Wtf? its memorial for fallen soldiers in ww2? it has nothing to do with UA, btw a lot of fallen soviet soldiers were from UA, thats called history
@@User-cv2xn don't be stupid. Russia will use anything as an excuse to lie and hurl more b.s at the world. Put your phone down and walk away, thanks
@@User-cv2xn Do you think these idiots even know anything about history? They will support everything that is shown on western propaganda.
@@User-cv2xn ig but for them it represents fhe foreign invaders who took control of their lands
Stop crying !!!
The symbol of evil….Glad to see it fall down.
@Red Stripe Says the RuZZian oppressor state of non-RuZZian Federated Republics. 🖕👉🇷🇺
Mark Reynolds, why do you care?
@Red Stripe but why would we topple our own statues? Hehehe ;)
There are two options - to build something of your own more cool and meaningful, or to destroy someone else's. Draw your own conclusions.
The engineer in me always enjoys a good demolition video. The humanitarian in me is especially pleased with this one. I am so happy to see the elimination of these monuments to Soviet glory.
The fact is, during WW2 the Soviet army perpetrated many heinous war crimes and never got prosecuted for them because they were primarily against our own enemies. It's time we acknowledge that.
They were deemed a lesser evil while at war. Which might have even been right.
And too much trouble to fight thanks to nuclear weapons afterwards.
FE Peer Review Too bad you were set free, you wouldn't be solving this problem today because you most likely wouldn't even exist.
Эх ребята, Союз смог контратаковать во второй мировой войне, Союз дошёл до Берлина попутно освобождая оккупированные территории, доблестная Америка, воюющая ради наживы, ни шагу бы не сделала, если бы Союз не контратаковал, Советские танки брали Берлин. А по итогу, дядюшка Сэм навязывает свой порядок на западе, и появляется чушь, о каких-то преступления, что советы, были круче нацистов. Я не являюсь фанатом Советов только потому что, Ленин хотел показать что СССР, это много национальная страна, и разбил Русских, на много разных народов, так появилось много разных наций, Белорусы, ваши любимые Украинцы, да что уж там, много национальная Прибалтика, существует только из за Советского союза. А теперь ВЫ сносите памятники Ленину и Союзу, это происходит, не от большого ума товарищи. Ну ничего кидайте санкции, отправляйте украинцам оружие, верьте всем перемогам.
@@user-lo7ip1qb6t vania privet
Spot on again. In WWII the soviets were renowned for their brutality against women and children. And today they are just the same in Ukraine. New block name, but same sexual deviants wearing RuSSian uniforms instead of Soviet uniformd. They are oxygen thieves and rapists.
They should send an invoice for the demolition cost to Putin.
А при чём тут Путин?
RuSSia even offered to buy the damn thing and transport it to RuSSia. We said nah. :)
We will pay the price when nazism is out of hand.
While touring Lituania, I saw the inside of Soviet kgb headquarters. This place is horrible. The place where the kgb killed all Soviet opposition.
And that was just Lativa what you saw. There were thousands of such installations in the ussr and across ussr occupied states
don't you want to go to prison Abu Ghraib for an excursion?
A lot of ghosts in that place, I’m sure. Bad memories. Dark times. Let’s hope those days are gone for good.
@@parts1982 This is Latvia genius. Why are Putin bots all so stupid?
@@jheeshin621 Guantanamo
Hope to see more of this from other former Soviet countries. What would be nicer would be if the remains were hauled to the Russian border and dumped over the line.
Are you a child?
@@lalzgarra9493 Putin is acting like a cruel bully, so why not act childish towards him. He’s just like trump…. (Except slightly more intelligent) His narcissistic ways are going to be his downfall.
@@DavidJohnson-hg1mz look at this guy, he knows putin lol can you give me an autograph of putin ???? Lmao, cute civilian
@@lalzgarra9493 wonder who the actual child here..
@@lalzgarra9493 Is that you Vlad?
But still, they win in WWII, history fact you can not erase
What an honor to be the excavator operator to knock that rock over.
Yes, we should all be so lucky to be a Fireman.
Stupidly. To destroy the monument to the soldiers who liberated this land from fascism at the cost of their lives. Grateful descendants. If it weren't for the Russian soldiers, the fascists would have cooked a great piece of soap from the grandmother of this excavator. Soon they will restore this monument at the muzzle of a T-90 tank and sing the anthem of Russia.
@@super-troll must suck to be a3rd world country hated by the World troll huh?
@@super-troll I’m not sure it’s stupid. At the very least cathartic, perhaps a touch of practical, seeing as Russia would destroy it themselves if given the chance. Russia doesn’t car who put it up, just that it’s in Ukrainian land, therefore it must be destroyed.
@@Relkond Riga is the capital of Latvia.
There can be no better feeling than throwing off the shackles of a vicious oppressor.
What shackles? The country has been independent for thirty years. This was totally unnecessary and counterproductive.
Stupidly. To destroy the monument to the soldiers who liberated this land from fascism at the cost of their lives. Grateful descendants. If it weren't for the Russian soldiers, the fascists would have cooked a great piece of soap from the grandmother of this excavator. Soon they will restore this monument at the muzzle of a T-90 tank and sing the anthem of Russia.
@@super-troll Thanks for proving them completely right. "You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain". Slava Ukraine.
@@queezyscorner6548 Слава Украине в составе России.
@@cuauhtemoc8350 haha Putins trolls crying
A lot of Latvian people were against it. It show, how democratic work. Sad
If that act makes you feel better , please talk to your psychologist . Pure barbarism .
First time in three years I've witnessed a statue demolished for an honest reason.
👏👏👏
Plenty of statues to oppression have been taken down. Pay attention.
are you talking about confederate monuments? the USA is probably the only country on the planet that erect statues for second place losers.
Agree 💯
@@mis4nthr0p3
'I've' seen.
Pay attention to comment content.
🙈
do you really think though that a monument that was erected for an actual FACTUAL reason should be removed simply because that same country is now going in the wrong direction? I mean Russia DID LIBERATE Latvia. That is a fact that cannot be erased.
Baltic pride!! Don't let those Russian settlers dictate YOUR historical memory!!
In Latvia, there should be only monuments in honor of SS division soldiers.
And what exactly is its own story? This is a monument in honor of the victory over fascism, and not in honor of the fact that the USSR occupied the Baltic. This is stupid to put it mildly
@@russianbear9311 Really? Not bowing to Russian imperialism means being a fascist pig? You're a real troll dude.
@@russianbear9311 RuSSia
@@user-wj9vb4wn3i they can put up a nice one without that dumb communist star, that butchered millions
If the Orcs complain tell them it wasn't demolished it was "liberated"😂
This was a sign of slavery, opression and communism.
Its good that world is free of this evil sign. Well done Latvia!
That is a sign of memory for 40 million people die defending from Nazism. You have a hard case of brain illness, please visit a doctor smh
Now they are under a different evil sign from Brussels.
@@ruslannabioullin3664 Oh no, poor Latvia's being opressed by evil Belgium 😂
Zionism.
Now the Latvians and Estonians are the first line of a potential war theatre against Russia. In case of a war they will disappear in an hour while Uncle Sam is watching from behind the Atlantic.
Well done. Now it is possible to build a monument to the Latvian collaborators who fought on the side of Germany on this site. Latvia must honor its heroes.
A nice park with trees and benches will suffice
Spectacular!!! And with a big splash…. Good job brothers and sisters !!!
Глупо. Скоро они этот памятник будут восстанавливать под дулом танка Т-90 и петь гимн России.
@@super-troll keep dreaming Putlerbot
@@super-troll 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@super-troll is there a way to book you for stand-up comedy? I wont pay in rubles though.
@@super-troll Они просто настраивают росию и росиян против себя. Посмотрите как всеми силами пытаются изменить историю и удоляют из жизни простых людей памятники. Это всё не с проста. Такое ощущение будто они готовятся
Nice😍The drone view was amazing💥👍
The former Soviet Union was once one of the most Godless murderous countries in the world,if not the worst and we had hoped it was reformed.Seems like Putin is trying to bring back those"good old days" one country at a time,but folks remember and it seems like those folks would rather risk death than servatude under rule of their former experience,that says quite alot.thanks
Correct me if I am wrong. I think Putin is a Christian, not an atheist.
Certainly doesmt act like one
@@georgeamesfort3408
Said the BBC 😂
So why were the US and GB Stalin's best friends and allies then - as long as his soldiers did all the dirty jobs ? Don't you remember Eisenhower standing side by side with Stalin on the Cremlin Wall ?
@@henryseidel5469 Some times it is best to make friends with someone who is not really the best to defeat a bigger enemy and one can hope ones influence can help the terrible friend get set on a new road.Jesus was a friend of sinners but never condoned the sin,many repented,many did not.thanks
For me as a Latvian this was very special day!
I am ever so glad that your country was able to join NATO.
@@casparwintermans9492 Nato saved Baltic states!
Для тебя как для латыша если так дальше пойдёт каждый день может стать особенным. А пока будь скромнее что-ли. Ты сам в жизни ни воевал ни одного памятника не построил и ничего в жизни не прохавал по-настоящему
@@user-kn6vh9kl6x and here as you can see Russian is threatening me. When russia occupied Latvia they destroyed many monuments and now threatening me because of this one.
@@user-kn6vh9kl6x Yob tebya sykha. Slava Ykraina
Excellent job Latvi; time for the ordinary Russians to topple Pu7 tibn.
Don't worry, Russians won't forget or forgive anything!
@@user-dr5li1xl6i Don't worry, nobody cares what Russians think these days. : )
@@user-dr5li1xl6i no one cares. russia is weak
@@user-dr5li1xl6i They forgot how to win. 😂🤣🖕👉🇷🇺
@@user-dr5li1xl6i Thinking?????? A ruski????? I don't see it on the worldmap anymore...
Well done Latvia. With love from Lithuania.
Reminded me on how Saurons tower felt in Lord of the rings
@Dawn Razor Keep telling yourself that Sergei.
@Dawn Razor sergei we all know RuZZia is the latest home of Fascism
Can you get anymore brainwashed?
@Dawn Razor My bad, i misspelled your name. SSergei, take a hike.
@Dawn Razor Did you say something, orc?
Wait, why did it take nearly 3 decades
Trying to be diplomatic all that time. It turned out to be pointless.
Now build another memorial for the victims of Soviet deportation, murder and oppression.
Hello how are you doing..?
A big splash that nobody heard watching this video even though the beginning and end had sound.
This needs to happen Europe wide...
@@Joeyknows924 I long to see the one in Berlin bulldozed into the dust bin of history..
sadly this won't happen in socialist loving berlin
@@MrSesebo I watched something the other night where it was being discussed..
Baltics were removing Soviet monuments too.
Why? Every country can decide what to do with this stuff.
At last. The end of soviet occupation symbol.
we must never try and re wright history
@@CBuxton-EX.HKt.D How to worship dictators
@@hibahprice6887 Exactly🤨
@@CBuxton-EX.HKt.D A nation denied its past no longer existing. Regret from Vietnam.
Zion is falling.
The collapse of a century of progress…
The disrespect to those who have died in the struggle against fascism, I cannot believe people can live with this.
Nice joke. Please compare the progress Latvia achieved from 1918 to 1940 and the "progress" from 1945 to 1990.
3 cheers for Latvia.
special monument operation
Glad to see it, well done 😍😍
Stupidly. To destroy the monument to the soldiers who liberated this land from fascism at the cost of their lives. Grateful descendants. If it weren't for the Russian soldiers, the fascists would have cooked a great piece of soap from the grandmother of this excavator. Soon they will restore this monument at the muzzle of a T-90 tank and sing the anthem of Russia.
@@super-troll lots of words man 😆😆. people say lots of words and things when they're in pain or losing battles. anyway the T-90 you're talking about, is the turret still attached, or is it flown away to sing the anthem of Russia? 😂😂😂. usually they fly away the moment they see jawline god.😂😂
A nation denied its past no longer existing. Regret from Vietnam.
@@super-troll imagine how horrible their treatment under the Russians must have been then. And how much of a threat they must consider them to be right now. But no Russians always see themselves as the victims all the time
Yea ,replaced the German fascism woth the Russian soviet dictatorship, oppresion ,deportation, yay, ruzzian liberators
Well done
I would have like to hear what that sounded like. What happened, did somebody lodge a copyright strike for the sound of the falling obelisk?
Putin wept. 😥😢😭
And the world laughs at him.
He would have to be human for that to happen.
Finally we did this. If someone is somehow offended by this - suitcase, station, Russia.
Same thinking......
Exactly.
nono, bullet, gun, head.
I ❤️ this comment.
Very well expressed!
i understand why they do it but also it is quite sad to see the memories of those 27 million people just getting destroyed
What disrespect, this is disgusting disrespecting the liberators of Latvia is a dumb decision.
Like a thorn being pulled from your heel
Excellent work..well done. Up yours Ruzzia.................
The nation that forgotten their history, they will easily broke up.
Indonesia always remember their history, bad or good always remembering,
We destroy the monument or not, the actual history never be change.
Ridicoli la storia di un popolo non si cancella abbattendo un monumento.
About time 30 years too late !
well done for taking down a fascist symbol
It was a monument celebrating the liberation of Latvia from fascism...
@@katealeksen4168 russian fascists are not liberators they are invaders.
Great work 👏
GREAT JOB.
Now that’s what I call a special operation.👍
Это называется - вандализм
a successful special operation. Go, Latvia! 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻
Good job, time for progress 👍
Why? If it is a WWII memorial then why destroy it, they made some of the greatest sacrifices and won ethe war for everyone
War mood, war mood, war mood.
And that should happened with every soviet monument!
Thats so beautiful !
Are you nazist?
Stupidly. To destroy the monument to the soldiers who liberated this land from fascism at the cost of their lives. Grateful descendants. If it weren't for the Russian soldiers, the fascists would have cooked a great piece of soap from the grandmother of this excavator. Soon they will restore this monument at the muzzle of a T-90 tank and sing the anthem of Russia.
@@super-troll az oroszok felszabadítottak? Csak bebörtönözték az összes népet maguk körül.
@@russianbear9311 no, but Putin is.
@@super-troll shut up 🤣🤣🤣🇺🇦🇺🇲🇺🇦🇺🇲🇺🇦
A terrorist state doesn't deserve monuments.
@Giannis G. Bombing civilians, trains, schools, hospitals, shopping center, concert hall, apartment blocks...
The world can see what the Kremlin is doing.
No fish were harmed during the making of this. They were merely crushed.
I would leave it like it is, so it keeps being a memorial.
Latvia - expert in *special splash operations*
Today, Zombieland does not remember and does not appreciate anyone's feat during the Second World War, even the former republics. So why do we need these monuments.
Зло шагает по свету неразборчиво, стремится испортить то, что еще не испорчено
Зло хочет сожрать все то, что еще не создано, у зла своя правда, эта правда называется ложью.
Пусть поднимут голову все те, кто кровью умытые, когтями забитые, злом навеки прибитые.
Пусть крикнут чудовищу в пасть, ненасытному, мы силы добра! Мы еще не разбиты!
Мы еще поглядим, как зло от боли корчится, от страха морщится, в глазах ложь-притворщица,
Запомни внимательно - силы добра даны тебе, чтобы прибить эту лживую гадину!
Силы нечисти да будут навеки прокляты, с земли изогнаны, в сердцах зачеркнуты!
Если не мы сами, никто над нами вовеки не сжалится, гляди, оно уже приближается.
Как же вышло так? Вроде жизнь твоя текла беззаботно, в лету кануло зло, впереди опьяняла свобода
И что, свобода, вот она - земля твоя продана, уже кем то подобрана, и тобою будто одобрена.
И друзья твои биты, разорены и унижены, в новой жизни счастливой немногие выжили.
Вместо крепостей строят хижины себе на обочине, попробуй угадай, кто на очереди.
Зло не делает ничего наполовину ты решил - его нет, оно просто зашло тебе в спину,
Вместо битвы лицом к лицу, по-честному, но слово "честь" немодно и безынтересно.
Зло всего лишь выжидало твоего одиночества, когда ты забыл все святые пророчества,
И все в страхе вокруг, и правды сказать никто не решается, но ты помнишь - оно приближается.
Зло улыбалось тебе в подделках киношных, когда ты забыл свое великое прошлое
Оно было скучным и незанимательным, вот и не спят святые и мудрые матери.
Зло пожинает плоды, что когда то посеяло, ты окружен с востока, юга, запада, севера,
С моря, с суши, с земли, с космоса и внутри сидит чужой и управляет твоими помыслами,
Ну, что, подбросишь друга своего заклятого на своем горбу к воротам рая звездно-полосатого,
Гордясь, что тебе доверили, пососать леденец на обломках вековой империи?
Ты рожден на земле отваги и мужества, ты остался один, только коршуны кружатся,
И жалкие карлики, что вчера улыбались угодливо, за чужою спиной уже плюют тебе в морду.
Вспомнишь ли ты, господам подавая салфетки, тот праведный меч, что завещали великие предки?
Но что-то продано, что-то украдено, а что-то в шкафу пылится рядом с медалями прадеда.
В век свободы слишком много думать опасно, есть компьютер и стул, жизнь так прекрасна.
Легкое порно и жесткое видео, жизнь прекрасна и удивительна.
Ты прости, старик, что мы тебе тут по ушам наездили, пойдем займемся популярными песнями
Но ты помнишь, победу одержит лишь тот, кто сражается и пусть себе, сука, приближается.
Why have a monument to honor a country that does not believe your country should exist? Defeating the fascists in WWII doesn't give Russia eternal, unquestionable deference. The demolition of this inappropriate monument does not mean Latvia is denying the history of WWII, they simply wish to tell it from their eyes not the eyes of the Russians.
80% of Wehrmach were destroyed on the Eastern front you clown and thats according to western sources
@@unclejimmy5778 ungrateful bast4rd
[ Meanwhile in hell ]
Hitler: Hehehe, come to fuhrer 😈
Que bellas imagenes .
That Hitachi is very powerful 😅
much nicer view with that monstrosity gone!
What are they going to replace it with, a memorial to people who helped the Germans?
If you cant build you destroy.
That was a rather good splash 👍
It wasnt like the one i splashed over your moms face. Mine had a peculiar white colour.
Jolly good show, hay what.
@@ringostarr3555 I bet Mr P in the Kremlin will not be happy 😅
Wormwood.
Perhaps replaced by a monument to all countries it aligns with, and a blank space at the end for Russia when it will inevitably arrive - as a free and open democracy.
Democracy? The Azov Batallion and the nationalist guerrillas supported by the CIA since the 50s are the worst enemy of democracy, not Russia. And I'm Western. Collective mental diarrhea is putting nazism back on top. I guess they think if they pull down their pants they will appease those psychos.
As one of America's vassalls right in front of the Russian border.
@@henryseidel5469 Nothing in the world is perfect, but some are more imperfect than others. Should Ukraine be totally Russian-occupied: "America's vassals" will be on its border.
@@beamer.electronics When the Soviets cooperated with Castro a hundred miles from the US border it was called a 'world crisis' ! Remember.....?? Should Ukraine become a launching site of Americans on the back side of their world ?
For freedom and democracy ?? What an out dated; hypocritical fairytale 1
This video delivers exactly what it says on the thumbnail
About time!
Now put the rubble in a big pile right in front of the Russian embassy just for the lolz
Ship it to moscow while at it.