2. Once the obelisk began to pivot over the edge, three braking ropes attached to the monument's tip were pulled taut to control the fall. Were the ropes to fail, the granite obelisk would ...

As the demolition of the Soviet Army monument continues in Rīga, Uzvaras park, the dismantling of the central obelisk or pillar was launched and succesfully achieved on Thursday. . . . It took ...