I was curious when the Soviets reoccupied Port Arthur in 1945. Why didn't the Soviets tear down the monument on Heights 203? Was it because Vasilevsky didn't know that history at all?🧐🧐🧐 Stepanov's novel "The Port of Arthur" won the Stalin Prize for Literature. Vasilevsky should not be unaware. However, it is said that in 1952, the Soviets dumped the ashes of Japanese soldiers(Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905) from the Port Arthur Shrine into the manure pits of their livestock.😅😅😅