"On its side is the inscription (missing a few letters): ""Eternal glory to heroes who fell in battle with the German fascist invaders for the freedom and independence of the Soviet Union"". The Soviets built the statue with the soldier's arm in a position to symbolize the Red Army's putting down of the German National Socialist state."
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