This paper examines a Soviet war memorial in Estonia dedicated to the soldiers of the Red Army whom, according to the official Soviet history, liberated Tallinn from the Germans during the year 1944. After the second world war a public monument called The Bronze Soldier was ordered by the communist government in Tallinn and was placed in the city centre. In this paper The Bronze Soldier has been examined by using Erwin Panofsky’s three step iconography/iconology method combined with the theoretical framework of Rosalind E. Krauss sculpture theory and Wolfgang Kemp reception aesthetics. From an artistic point of view the monument was a success and it was produced using local materials. The Estonian independence in 1991 led to a political shift in the country and some changes were made in the appearance of the monument. In 2007 the Estonian government decided to move the monument from central Tallinn into a military cemetery some kilometres away. This led to massive riots and cyberattacks was directed against the Estonian state. Despite being moved the monument has continued to be very important for the identity of the Russian speaking minority in Estonia.