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April 6, 2025
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The Soviet army stationed in Zeithain erected a monument to the founding father of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, known as Lenin (1870 to 1924).
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"Mother Russia," also called "Motherland," is the national personification of Russia. The allegory of this "babushka" was already used in the Tsarist era. When the Russian Empire became the multi-ethnic Soviet Union, Soviet propaganda repurposed the metaphor into "Motherland." Statues depicting "Motherland" were erected in honor of the Soviet armed forces. This is also the case here in Zeithain.
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Two memorial walls commemorate the period of the Soviet Army's use of the training area. From 1945 to 1992, the former main warehouse and ammunition depot were used for military …
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