Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Infographics -- 1 Connecting semiotics and cultural geography: A new approach to the study of monuments and memorials -- Part A: A Semiotic and geographical approach to monuments in transitional societies -- 2 Toward a semiotic and geographical approach to monuments -- 3 The multiple meanings of monuments in transitional societies: The case of Estonia -- 4 The cultural reinvention of monuments and memorials -- Part B: The cultural reinvention of monuments in Estonia -- 5 Removing and relocating the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn as a translation strategy -- 6 Erecting new politically-charged memorials: The War of Independence Victory Column -- 7 The coexistence of old and new: The memorial landscape of Maarjamäe -- 8 Erecting new urban decorations: The Kissing Students of Tartu -- Conclusions: Towards a semiotics of post-Soviet monuments -- List of references -- Index