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Chapter 10

Restoration of monuments

The Estonian War of Independence that took place in 1918–1920 was the first crossfire of Estonian statehood where a young state had to confront two great powers: Russia and Germany. The victorious war remains one of the greatest achievements of Estonia. Hundreds of smaller and larger monuments were erected in the 1920s to celebrate the victory and commemorate fallen soldiers. With the advent of Soviet occupation, all monuments marking the victory of the Estonian War of Independence were gradually removed.

With the change in social and political circumstances, the active restoration of the monuments of the Estonian War of Independence began in the second half of 1988 and accelerated even more in 1989. Their restoration continues to this day. New monuments and landmarks have also been added. The following pictures depict the reopening of a monument to those killed in Estonian War of Independence in Kose on June 17, 1989.

Although Künnap home in located in Kõue village, he soon moved with his family to Vilama and attended school in both Palvere and Kose. Life then took Künnap to Tallinn. In the beginning of the summer of 1989, his sister's children graduated from Kose Secondary School, so it was possible to took pictures of the reopening of the Estonian War of Independence memorial there. The pictures also show TV journalist Ain Allas, who was a schoolmate of Künnap and still lives in Kose.

Where else can you find memorials to those who fell in the Estonian War of Independence? You can see it here.

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