Unveiled in 1980 to celebrate the liberation of Klaipėda by the Red Army on January 28, 1945, these splendid military fellows, one sailor and two soldiers, mark the spot where 700 Soviet soldiers were buried. The monument is part of a larger ensemble including a now long-extinguished eternal flame and a list of those who died during the capturing of the city. Every year on May 9, the official Victory Day celebrating Russia's final defeat over Nazi Germany, the local Russian speakers come to the memorial and cover the entire area with flowers. In a land where relations with the Kremlin are less than perfect, it’s a surprise that the memorial survies. Find it towards the northern end of the Klaipėda Sculpture Park.