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Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn
The Bronze Soldier monument, "To those fallen in World War II", on the Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn (June 2007).
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Established1916
Location
Tallinn
CountryEstonia
Coordinates59°25′18″N 24°45′56″E / 59.42167°N 24.76556°E / 59.42167; 24.76556
TypeMilitary
No. of graves1,150
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The Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn (Estonian: Tallinna Kaitseväe kalmistu), sometimes called the Tallinn Military Cemetery (Estonian: Tallinna Sõjavae kalmistu), is one of the three cemeteries of the Tallinn City Centre Cemetery (Estonian: Siselinna kalmistu). It is situated about 3 kilometres outside the centre of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. During Estonian independence before the Soviet and German occupations of the 1940–1991 period, it was Estonia's foremost military cemetery.

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