No, it's not the final resting place of the famous Italian puppet, though that's what a younger generation of Tallinners has nicknamed it. Some locals also call it 'Impotent's Dream.' Most just call it ugly. In reality, the pointed obelisk alongside the highway to Pirita beach is part of the 'Marjamäe War Memorial,' and is similar in its imposing style to other large complexes created throughout the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 70s. The spire was, ahem, erected in 1960 in memory of Russians who died in 1918, while the surrounding inspirational concrete and iron figures were added in 1975 to honour Soviet soldiers killed in an unsuccessful attempt to fend off the Nazi invasion of 1941. Since the events of 1991 made Soviet patriotism passé, the memorial site doesn't get many visitors, barring the occasional picnicker or roller-skater. The city has no plans for dealing with this collection of giant concrete abstractions and looming amphitheatres, so nowadays they sit quietly awaiting their inevitable takeover by cracks and weeds.