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It was installed in 1984 at the Antokalsky cemetery next to the burials of Soviet soldiers and figures of the Lithuanian SSR.

Only the dismantling of the sculpture took place, the graves were not touched.

After the start of the war in Ukraine, the Minister of Culture of Lithuania signed a decree that allows self-governments to make decisions about the demolition of monuments of Soviet heritage.

The city authorities are considering the possibility of transferring the Soviet sculpture to the national museum of Lithuania.