A photographer takes a picture of a monument of Red army soldiers next to a Greek Catholic church in Warsaw May 7, 2007. Poland has shelved legislation that would allow the removal of monuments to Soviet soldiers on its soil, fearing it would cause Russian wrath just as Moscow celebrates victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. Deputy Cultre Minister Jaroslaw Selin said Russia's violent reaction to the removal of a Red army monument in ex-Soviet republic Estonia showed Poland had to tread carefully.

圖中一位攝影師七日正將鏡頭對準華沙坐落一間希臘天主教堂鄰近的紅軍士兵紀念雕像。波蘭已擱置一項法案，該法案本已批准移除位於其領土上的前蘇聯士兵的紀念雕像。喊卡主要擔心，正當莫斯科當局準備慶祝二戰戰勝納粹德國之際，此舉會引起俄羅斯憤怒。波蘭文化部副部長塞林說，鑒於前蘇聯共和國愛沙尼亞拆除一座紅軍紀念雕像後，引起俄羅斯暴力反彈，波蘭因此必須臨淵履薄，審慎處理。

Many people in former Soviet satellites in central and eastern Europe see towering Communist-era monuments to the Red Army, often erected in city centers, as symbols of forced enslavemnt by Moscow after the war. To Russians, the monuments are reminders of the enormous human sacrifice their nation made to defeat Germnay.

前蘇聯在中歐和東歐的附庸國，很多人認為，多半聳立在市中心的共產時代紅軍紀念碑，是戰後莫斯科強迫奴役的象徵。對俄人，這些紀念碑在在提醒，他們的國家為了打敗德國，有無數人為國犧牲。