in 2002, the estonian government forced the removal of a monument to estonian soldiers erected in the estonian city of pärnu. the inscription "to estonian men who fought in 1940-1945 against bolshevism and for the restoration of estonian independence" was the cause of the controversy. the monument was rededicated in lihula in 2004 but was soon removed because the estonian government opposed the opening. on 15 october 2005 the monument was finally moved to the grounds of the museum of fight for estonia's freedom in lagedi near the estonian capital, tallinn.