1905 Revolution Memorial - Tallinn, Estonia
N 59° 26.113 E 024° 45.009
35V E 372391 N 6590673
This 1905 Revolution Memorial is located in Tammsaare Park in Tallinn, Estonia. It commemorates the victims of the Revolution of 1905, which was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire.
Waymark Code: WMPQBK
Location: Estonia
Date Posted: 10/06/2015
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ABOUT THE STATUE:
The bronze sculpture includes life-size depictions of a standing woman and child, and a wounded man sitting on the ground with his right hand over his chest. The woman's right hand is raised in the air and the child is clinging to her right leg. The only inscription on the monument is the year 1905. The statue was created by Estonian sculptor Lembit Paluteder in 1959. The architect of the monument was Mart Port.
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ABOUT THE REVOLUTION:
"In the Governorate of Estonia, Estonians called for freedom of the press and assembly, for universal suffrage, and for national autonomy. On 29 October [O.S. 16 October], the Russian army opened fire in a meeting on a street market in Tallinn, killing 94 and injuring over 200. The October Manifesto was supported in Estonia and the Estonian flag was displayed publicly for the first time. Jaan Tõnisson used the new political freedoms to widen the rights of Estonians by establishing the first Estonian political party - National Progress Party.
Another, more radical political organisation, the Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Union was founded as well. The moderate supporters of Tõnisson and the more radical supporters of Jaan Teemant could not reach a consensus about how to continue with the revolution, only that they both wanted to limit the rights of Baltic Germans and to end Russification. The radical views were publicly welcomed and in December 1905, martial law was declared in Tallinn. A total of 160 manors were looted, resulting in ca. 400 workers and peasants being killed by the army. Estonian gains from the revolution were minimal, but the tense stability that prevailed between 1905 and 1917 allowed Estonians to advance the aspiration of national statehood."
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