The latest Soviet era monument to be dismantled in Eastern Europe is Sofia's 45-metre-high 'Monument to the Soviet Army", a monument frequently defaced and vandalised in recent years. The monument was built in 1954 by the People's Republic of Bulgaria to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the victorious entry of the Red Army in the Kingdom of Bulgaria, then part of the Nazi-led Axis. Even though there is no ideological relation between the present Russian state and the Soviet Union, the Russian invasion and war in Ukraine has led to a spike in anti-communism and the removal of Soviet era monuments throughout Eastern Europe. The official excuse, that no one seems to believe, for the dismantling of this particular monument is that it is a safety risk due to sizeable cracks in the legs of the statues on top of the pillar. Of course all monuments are political, and history is constantly written and rewritten by those who have the upper hand/the majority/the law on their side at any point in time, yet any city or region that destroys its monuments destroys part of its living history.