A woman touches a bronze statue of a World War Two Red Army soldier that was relocated from the city centre to a military cemetery in Tallinn April 30, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

    TALLINN, April 30 (Xinhua) -- A statue of a Red Army soldier commemorating Soviet soldiers killed during World War II was installed in a military cemetery Monday after it was controversially removed from a downtown square here.

    The new address of the Soviet-era war memorial is about three kilometers from the Tynismyagi square in the Estonian capital Tallinn.

    The statue, which appeared undamaged, was immediately open for public viewing after it was reerected at the cemetery.

    The Estonian Defense Ministry said it planned to hold a ceremony to mark the reerection of the statue on May 8, and representatives from countries who had took part in the anti-fascist world war would be invited.

    The Estonian government decided last Thursday to pull down the statue, provoking strong protests from Russian-speaking Estonians.

    One man was stabbed to death and a hundred more were injured during clashes between the protesters and police.

    Neighboring Russia also criticized the move.

    "The Russian side is planning a practical reaction against Estonia over the pulling down of the Soldier Liberator monument," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

    Earlier reports said calm had returned to the Estonian capital, three days after the Soviet-era war memorial was removed.