On Thursday, 25 August, the remaining element of the Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders – the 79 m tall obelisk – was toppled.
The tall obelisk was toppled and disappeared from Pārdaugava’s panorama view at 16:42 p.m. local time.
LTV programme Panorāma posted a video of this moment on their Twitter page (@ltvpanorama).
?Būvnieki demontējuši pieminekļa kompleksa centrālo obelisku. pic.twitter.com/WzeSsFxHZz
— LTV Panorāma (@ltvpanorama) August 25, 2022
Latvian residents also shared their reaction to this monumental moment on social media. Some were watching the live broadcast for four hours, waiting for the obelisk to fall:
VISS !!!25/08/2022, 16:42 pic.twitter.com/5rXLOKJj9n
— Nepareizais (@realNepareizais) August 25, 2022
IR pic.twitter.com/4Vcf5aRFbP
— Karlis (@dambranslv) August 25, 2022
#Latvia takes down one of the symbols of the Soviet occupatio in #Riga. Closing another painful page of the history and looking for better future https://t.co/USleIQJdk7
— Edgars Rinkēvičs (@edgarsrinkevics) August 25, 2022
Man arī māja nograndēja :))Un cik simboliski, ka tieši Urbanoviča pļāpu laikā viss sagāzās! Skaisti 🙂 PRIEKĀ! pic.twitter.com/LGKnCOGPWk
— Elīna Kursīte (@elinakursite) August 25, 2022
Vajadzēja ātrāk piezvanīt Urbanovičam.
— Ivo Leitāns (@ivchix) August 25, 2022
luk, kam vajadzeja zvanit, lai paatrinatu pieminekla demontazu!! pic.twitter.com/nFf5xzxy9c
— luī (@becaluize) August 25, 2022
Pirmās fāzes noslēgums. Ceram pēc iespējas ātrāk sākt parka labiekārtošanas darbus. pic.twitter.com/dkIXsd7gSN
— Mārtiņš Staķis (@MStakis) August 25, 2022
Tas nu būtu paveikts.
— Mārtiņš Staķis (@MStakis) August 25, 2022