The manly statue of a Soviet soldier once stood outside the Cathedral back when the square it stood in was known as Pergalės Aikštė (Victory Square). Long since hauled off to take pride of place by the front door of the restaurant at Grūto Parkas near Druskininkai, all that remains is the granite plinth, complete with the words, in Russian and Lithuanian, Honour for the Glorious Red Army, the Winner! The tale of the monument is worth mentioning. The work of the Russian sculptor Alexander Penkov and made from aluminium collected from the European battlefields of WWII, the statue was built by German prisoners of war and unveiled on Soviet Army Day, February 23, 1947. Harsh weather conditions spoilt the glory of the occasion by freezing the covering to the statue, an embarrassing hiccup that required the calling in of a couple of rock climbers to get it off. When the monument was dismantled in 1991, a bottle was found inside the plinth containing two German banknotes and a list of the names of the prisoners who built it. News of the event reached Germany, culminating in a visit to the city by the surviving prisoners. The bottle, banknotes and a copy of the list are now on display in the Sąjūdis exhibition at the Aušros Palace (see Museums).