1944: Tallinn “Liberated” by the Red Army – Were the ‘Liberators’ Given Flowers or Shot At?
This year, Russian propaganda attempted to generate interest in the anniversary of the "liberation of Tallinn" by publishing previously classified archival documents. In the beginning of Lieutenant General Holodov's report, Tallinn residents are depicted welcoming the Red Army with flowers, but by the third page, it is revealed that "in the first two days following
