“Pomník Rudoarmějce” (Monument to Red Army Soldier), also known as “Pomník osvobození Rudou armádou” (Monument of liberation by the Red Army) is an interesting monument in the Central Bohemian city of Kladno, that was built in 1949 to commemorate the liberation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Army at the end of the Second World War. The 2.8-meter (9 foot) tall figural statue of a Red Army soldier stands on a high granite pedestal and is flanked on both sides by granite blocks, five on the left and one on the…
