Built in 1954 in the capital city of Sofia, the statue depicts Russian Red Army soldiers “liberating” Bulgaria, commemorating the coup d’état that installed Communism in Bulgaria and began a long and ultimately painful relationship with the Soviet Union. The Daily Mail reports that while monuments of this kind were once sacrosanct, but have been prime targets for graffiti artists since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990.

The artwork depicts the Russian Red Army soldiers as American superheroes like Batman, Robin, Superman, etc. The piece has been identified as “Moving with the Times.”

Via Comics Alliance.

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