• ...Russia of yet another case of vandalism directed against the Soviet Army monument in the center of the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, during the night of February 23."
  • The towering "Monument to the Soviet Army" was erected just to the south-east of downtown Sofia in 1954 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the...
  • In the capital of Sofia stand a big monument dedicated to the Soviet Army. This monument was built in 1954 but has during the last years been painted of...
  • The striking Monument to the Soviet Army stands in the centre of Sofia, presenting the image of a Red Army soldier leading a worker, peasant woman and child...
  • The idea is to symbolize “the gratitude of the Bulgarian people to the Soviet Army – liberator”, an inscription that is also written on the monument itself.
  • It was built in 1954 on the 10th anniversary of the liberation by the Soviet Army. The monument has been a subject of much controversy in Sofia.
  • The Monument to the Soviet Army (Bulgarian: Pametnik na Savetskiya voin – Kostnitsa) is a monument in Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Possibly the largest existent sculptural work of Socialist Realism in Sofia, and quite possibly the whole country, is the Monument to the Soviet Army which...
  • Bulgaria, Sofia, Monument to the Soviet Army, communist-era sculptural group. Getty Images/Dorling Kindersley.
  • Erected in 1954 to commemorate the liberation of Bulgaria by the Red Army during World War II, Sofia’s Monument to the Soviet Army has been a topic of great...
  • The Monument to the Soviet Army is a large monument dedicated to the Soviet soldiers who died while assisting Bulgaria during World War II.
  • The fate of the large monument of the Soviet Army in downtown Sofia is one of the most controversial issues in today's Bulgaria for two major reasons.
  • From time to time talk turns to the fate of this tall monument, crowned with an 8-metre high sculpture and bronze figurative compositions around the base...