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Victory Day of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (1945), and the official name is exactly that - the most important holiday for all the inhabitants of our country. The significance of this day for all of us and future generations cannot be overestimated. The little that we can do for those who gave their lives for our future is to carefully preserve the memory of those who died for the Motherland, not to forget ourselves and tell children about these sad pages in the history of the 20th century. This goal - to perpetuate the memory of the fallen - is served by museums and monuments, which are many in Russia and abroad.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden
The Eternal Flame burns here and a guard of honor is on duty every day. During official events, wreaths are laid at the memorial by heads of state, and the rest of the time, newlyweds, who traditionally come here on their wedding day, bring flowers.
The central element of the memorial ensemble near the walls of the Moscow Kremlin is a niche with the inscription “Your name is unknown, your feat is immortal”, in the center of which the Eternal Flame of Glory burns. Behind the niche is a tombstone with a bronze composition - a soldier's helmet and a laurel branch lying on a battle banner. To the left of the grave - a wall of crimson quartzite with the inscription: "1941 to those who fell for the Motherland 1945"; on the right - a granite alley with blocks of dark red porphyry. On each block there is the name of the hero city and a chased image of the Gold Star medal. The blocks contain capsules with the earth of hero cities. Next is a stele of red granite in honor of the cities of military glory, about 10 meters long.
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Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Great Victory in the west of Moscow, a large memorial complex was opened on an area of 135 hectares. The park itself was founded in 1958, but the architectural ensemble was built only by 1995. From the entrance stretched a wide alley "Years of War", decorated with five water cascades with 1418 fountains, according to the number of days that the war went on. In front of the building of the Central Museum of the Second World War stands the Victory Monument - an obelisk 141.8 meters high, at the foot of which is a statue of St. George the Victorious, who thrusts a spear into the body of a snake symbolizing fascism. The constant interest of visitors to the park is the exhibition military equipment and weapons in the open. The park with neat paths, alleys and flower beds has become a favorite place for Muscovites and guests of the capital to walk.
Motherland
Monuments to war heroes are perhaps the only case when monumentality is justified. One of the highest monuments in the world - the main element of the ensemble "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" on Mamaev Kurgan in Volgograd - the sculpture "The Motherland Calls!". The figure of a woman who raised her sword and took a step forward symbolizes the Motherland, calling her sons to fight the enemy. The remains of 34,505 soldiers - the defenders of Stalingrad - were reburied on the hill. From the foot of the mound to its top there are 200 granite steps - that is how many days the Battle of Stalingrad lasted.
Mamaev Kurgan in Volgograd
Kursk Bulge
From July 5 to August 23, 1943, one of the most important battles of the Great Patriotic War lasted - the Battle of Kursk. The result of this bloody and tense battle was the transfer of the strategic initiative to the Red Army. A memorial complex near the villages of Yakovlevo and Pokrovka serves as a reminder of the 250,000 lives that sacrificed themselves. The 44-meter arched stele with reliefs symbolizes the front line; in front of it, a T-34 tank is mounted on a pink granite pedestal. The Arc de Triomphe topped with a statue of George the Victorious rises 24 meters above the ground. On both sides of the Eternal Flame lie the remains of unknown warriors.
Outside Russia
In the capital of Germany in memory of Soviet soldiers ah, who fell in the Berlin battle, memorials have been erected in the Tiergarten, Schönholzer Haid and Treptow parks. There are sculptures of Soviet soldiers-liberators in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Ukraine. Granite stele to the participants of the Second World War from the countries former USSR installed in Los Angeles. The Brest Fortress has been open to the public since 1971 and tells about the heroic defense of the fort - one of the first battles for the USSR. The tragic story of the mass destruction of civilians is told by the museum in Auschwitz. Among the millions of victims of this death camp were 100,000 Russian people.
Parade
Commemorative events will be held on May 9 in all cities of Russia, and in the capital, Red Square, of course, will become the central place of celebration. On the main square country will host a solemn review of troops and military equipment. Since 1996, the parade in honor of May 9 has been held here annually, and on June 24, 1945, columns of the first Victory Parade passed through Red Square and 200 banners and standards of the defeated Nazi divisions were dragged along the paving stones and thrown to the foot of the Mausoleum.
To remember the feat of the Soviet people, who did not spare themselves in this bloody war, of course, it is not at all necessary to go somewhere. The main place of memory is our hearts. Eternal glory to the winners!
Happy Victory Day!
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On the eve of the holiday, let us recall some of the famous monuments
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"Warrior Liberator"- a monument in Berlin's Treptow Park.
Sculptor E. V. Vuchetich, architect Ya. B. Belopolsky, artist A. V. Gorpenko, engineer S. S. Valerius.
Opened May 8, 1949.
Height - 12 meters. Weight - 70 tons.
"Motherland" (Batkivshchyna-mother)
The author of the memorial is Yevgeny Vuchetich;
After Vuchetich's death, the Ukrainian sculptor Vasily Borodai took charge of the project;
Sculptors: Fried Sagoyan, Vasily Vinaykin. Architects: Victor Elizarov, Georgy Kisly, Nikolay Feshchenko.
Opened as part of the museum complex in 1981 on Victory Day.
The height of the Motherland sculpture (from the pedestal to the tip of the sword) is 62 meters.
The total height with the pedestal is 102 meters.
In one hand, the statue holds a 16-meter sword weighing 9 tons, in the other - a shield measuring 13 × 8 meters with the coat of arms of the USSR (weighing 13 tons).
The entire structure is all-welded and weighs 450 tons.
The frame itself begins at a depth of 17.8 meters (from the entrance to the museum). A concrete well with a diameter of 34 meters goes to this depth. 
"Motherland is calling!"— Volgograd.
The monument is the central part of the triptych, which also consists of the monuments "Rear to Front" in Magnitogorsk and "Warrior-Liberator" in Treptow Park in Berlin. It is understood that the sword, forged on the banks of the Urals, was then raised by the Motherland in Stalingrad and lowered after the Victory in Berlin
Sculptor - E. V. Vuchetich. Engineer N. V. Nikitin
The sculpture is made of prestressed concrete - 5500 tons of concrete and 2400 tons of metal structures (without the base on which it stands).
The total height of the monument is 85 meters (the sculpture itself) - 87 meters (the sculpture with the mounting plate). It is installed on a concrete foundation 16 meters deep. The height of the female figure without the sword is 52 meters. The mass of the monument is over 8 thousand tons.
The statue stands on a 2-meter-high slab, which rests on the main foundation. This foundation is 16 meters high, but it is almost invisible - most of it is hidden underground. 
Monument "Rear to front". Magnitogorsk. It is considered the first part of the triptych, which also consists of the Motherland monuments on Mamaev Kurgan in Volgograd and the Liberator Warrior in Treptow Park in Berlin.
Sculptor - Lev Nikolaevich Golovnitsky, architect - Yakov Borisovich Belopolsky.
Material - bronze, granite. Height - 15 meters.
Monument to the heroic defenders of Leningrad on Victory Square in St. Petersburg
Sculptor: M. K. Anikushin. Architects: V. A. Kamensky, S. B. Speransky
Construction 1974-1975
Height 48 m
Material: bronze, granite 
"Motherland"- in St. Petersburg at the Piskarevsky memorial cemetery.
The authors of the ensemble are architects A. V. Vasiliev, E. A. Levinson, sculptors V. V. Isaeva and R. K. Taurit (“Motherland” and reliefs on the side walls), M. A. Vainman, B. E Kaplyansky, A. L. Malahin, M. M. Kharlamova (high reliefs on the central stele).
"Alyosha"- a monument to the Soviet soldier-liberator, in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv on the hill Bunardzhik ("Hill of the Liberators").
Sculptors V. Radoslavov and others, architects N. Marangozov and others.
Height 10 meters
The prototype of the monument is an ordinary consolidated company of the 3rd Ukrainian Front Alexei Ivanovich Skurlatov, a former shooter of the 10th separate ski battalion of the 922nd rifle regiment, transferred to signalmen due to a serious wound. In 1944 he restored the Plovdiv-Sofia telephone line. In Plovdiv, Aleksey Ivanovich became friends with a telephone exchange worker, Metodi Vitanov, a member of the Bulgarian Resistance. Metodi Vitanov gave the photo of Alexei to the sculptor Vasil Rodoslavov, who created the monument based on this image
Memorial - "Brest fortress is a hero"
The memorial "Brest Hero Fortress" was built according to the designs of the sculptor Alexander Pavlovich Kibalnikov.
Sculpture "Unbowed Man" in Khatyn
Architects: Yu. Gradov, V. Zankovich, L. Levin. Sculptor S. Selikhanov. The grand opening of the Khatyn memorial complex took place on July 5, 1969. 
Broken ring.(Kokkarevo, Leningrad region)
Architect V. G. Filippov. Sculptor K. M. Simun, Design engineer I. A. Rybin; 
Have a nice time of the day.
Every year, on May 9, a holiday is celebrated - Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War against the Nazi invaders.
We owe our freedom to the wars, to the heroes who shed their blood, and to all our people who stood up to defend their Fatherland.
Years go by, but we have no right to forget our heritage. Important to keep for years to come historical events and their heroes have monuments.
Monument Motherland is calling.
For example, an outstanding monument dedicated to the struggle of our people against fascism - "Motherland - Mother Calls" (Volgograd, Mamaev Kurgan).
On the pedestal is a statue of a woman. In her hand is a sword. It is directed upward and forward. Turning back, with the other hand she calls for her sons to follow her.
In spite of big size statues, (the figure is 52 meters, the length of the sword is 33 meters), there is a sense of swiftness and ease in movements. The image is convincing.
The amazing story of the creation of the Alyosha monument in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv.
The monument is dedicated to Soviet soldiers - liberators.
Its prototype was a Russian soldier, Siberian Alexei Ivanovich Skurlatov.
In August 1941 he was drafted into the army. He was 19 years old. First
He served in artillery reconnaissance, then, due to a wound, he became a signalman.
In the autumn of 1944, when Soviet troops entered Bulgaria, he was laying a connection from Sofia to Plovdiv.
The Bulgarian people welcomed the Soviet soldiers cordially.
Aleksey made friends with Sh.Vitanov, a member of the Bulgarian resistance, and gave him his photograph, and he gave his photo to the local sculptor V. Rodoslavov. The photograph was used when working on the monument (1954-1957).
The monument is erected on Bunardzhik hill in Plovdiv "The Hill of the Liberators".
On a 6-meter pedestal stands an 11.5-meter figure of a soldier, you feel strength, calmness and inner purity. No bravado.
Bulgarians love "Alyosha" and try to protect against attempts to demolish the monument by some politicians who like to remake history.
They are irritated by historical truth. Indeed, on the pedestal there are bas-reliefs: “The Soviet army beats the enemy”, and “The people meet the Soviet wars”.
But the story goes on.
In 1966, the poet Vanshenkin and the composer Kolmanovsky wrote their famous song "Alyosha", and it contains the words: "Alyosha is standing over the mountain - a Russian soldier in Bulgaria."
A few years later, by chance, this song was heard in Altai, where Alexei Ivanovich lived and worked after the war. He remembered that he was there too.”
It turns out that the soldier has been wanted all over the country for a long time.
After a thorough check, it was officially confirmed that he was the prototype of Alyosha.
Aleksey Ivanovich lived for 91 years, both fought and worked, with full dedication of strength.
AT recent times a new patriotic movement arose - the "Immortal Regiment".
On Victory Day, demonstrators carry with them portraits of their relatives who took part in the Great Patriotic War, both at the front and in the rear.
In conclusion - the poem "The Immortal Regiment".
Immortal Regiment
Dedicated to the participants of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).
For a long time those battles rumbled,
The soldiers fell
For the motherland, freedom,
Otherwise they could not.
Many of them failed
Even at your wedding to take a walk,
And destined in mortal battles
at the cost of life
Defend your native land.
Motherland will never forget you.
For all time "Immortal Regiment"
It will be a living monument to you!
And every year, in the spring,
When the victorious May comes
Together with us across the country
"Immortal Regiment" will pass...
May 2017. Rybalkina M.S.
13:11 — REGNUM 75 years ago, on June 22, 1941, the Great Patriotic War began. Victory in it became the greatest test and the greatest pride for Russia. The memory of fallen soldiers, home front workers and civilians is immortalized in numerous memorials throughout the country. Each of these memorials can be visited, laid flowers and remembered those who died in the Great Patriotic War.
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1. Monument-ensemble "Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad", Mamaev Kurgan, Volgograd. The most famous memorial dedicated to the Great Patriotic War is majestic and symbolic. It was built for 8.5 years: from 1959 to 1967. The chief architect is Evgeny Vuchetich.
200 steps lead from the foot to the top of the mound. This number was not chosen by chance: it was how many days the Battle of Stalingrad lasted, which put an end to the offensive of the Nazi troops.
2. Museum-reserve "Prokhorovskoye field", Belgorod region, Prokhorovka settlement. On July 12, 1943, the vicinity of the Prokhorovka railway station became the site of the largest tank battle in history.
Galina Vanina
More than 1,500 tanks of the Red Army and the fascist invaders fought in the battle. This battle turned the tide of the Battle of Kursk and the war as a whole.
3. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Moscow. The memorial was opened in May 1967 after the burial of the ashes of an unknown soldier who died in the battle for Moscow near the Kremlin wall.
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The remains were transferred from the mass grave to 41 km of the Leningrad highway. The eternal flame of glory was brought in 1967 from the Champ de Mars. At the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the fire was lit by Leonid Brezhnev, Secretary General of the CPSU Central Committee, having received a torch from the hands of the legendary pilot Alexei Maresyev.
Oryol Region. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, a stronghold of a group of fascist troops was located in the region. In 1942, the Bolkhov operation was carried out, with the bloodiest battle in the Krivtsovo-Chagodaevo-Gorodishche area.
After the offensive, the Soviet troops were able to advance 20 km, but then they stopped. This did not allow the enemy to transfer forces to Battle of Stalingrad. During the Bolkhov operation, more than 21 thousand soldiers and officers were killed, and more than 47 thousand were injured.
5. Murmansk "Alyosha"- Monument to the Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. It was founded in 1969 on the Zeleny Mys hill, where anti-aircraft batteries were located, which defended the city from air raids.
Tara Amingu
The Murmansk region is the only region where the enemy did not pass more than 30 km from state border. And the most fierce fighting took place on the right bank of the Western Litsa River, later renamed the Valley of Glory. Alyosha's gaze is directed precisely there.
6. Rear - front, Magnitogorsk. This is the first part of a triptych of monuments, including "The Motherland Calls" in Volgograd and "Warrior-Liberator" in Berlin.
7. Monument to the Sailor and the Soldier, Sevastopol. A 40-meter monument with a difficult fate. The decision to build a memorial complex at Cape Khrustalny was made back in the 70s of the last century, but construction began only decades later.
Sergey Sekachev
Construction proceeded slowly, then it was mothballed, as the project was recognized as unsuccessful, and in the late 80s the possibility of dismantling the monument was seriously discussed. Subsequently, the supporters of the monument won, and money was allocated for the restoration, but it was not possible to complete the initially approved project. Now the monument to the Soldier and the Sailor is a must-see place for tourist groups, although among local residents there are many of his critics.
Moscow city. For the first time in 1942, on the site of a hill between the Setun and Filka rivers, it was proposed to erect a monument to the national feat of 1812. However, in the difficult conditions of the Great Patriotic War, it was not possible to implement the project.
Alexander Kaasik
Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill
Subsequently, a sign was installed on Poklonnaya Hill promising that a monument to the Victory would appear on this site. A park was laid out around it, which also received a similar name. The construction of the memorial began in 1984, and was completed only 11 years later: the complex was inaugurated on May 9, 1995, on the 50th anniversary of the war.
9. Piskarevsky Memorial Cemetery, St. Petersburg. This is the largest burial place for the victims of the Second World War, about 420 thousand people are buried in 186 mass graves besieged Leningrad, who died of hunger, cold and disease, 70 thousand soldiers who heroically fought for the northern capital.
George Arutunian
The grand opening of the memorial took place on May 9, 1960. The dominant feature of the ensemble is the monument "Motherland" with a granite stele on which Olga Bergholz's epitaph with the famous line "No one is forgotten and nothing is forgotten" is engraved. The poetess wrote this poem specifically for the opening of the Piskarevsky memorial.
G. Saratov. Yuri Menyakin, the creator of the memorial complex in memory of the Saratov people who died in the war, was inspired by the song "Cranes" to the verses of Rasul Gamzatov.
Therefore, the main theme of the monument was bright memory and bright sadness. A wedge of 12 silvery cranes flying west symbolizes the souls of fallen soldiers.
An overview of outstanding memorials dedicated to the Great Patriotic War is provided by the Federal Tourism Agency.
Monuments to soldiers of the Great Patriotic War
National Memorial of Military Glory
According to the Decree of the President Russian Federation No. 1297 dated November 17, 2009, the memorial architectural ensemble of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was given the status of a National Memorial of Military Glory and it is included in the State Code of Especially Valuable Objects cultural heritage peoples of the Russian Federation
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a memorial architectural ensemble in Moscow, in the Alexander Garden, near the walls of the Kremlin.
On December 3, 1966, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the defeat of German troops near Moscow, the ashes of the unknown soldier were transferred from the mass grave at the 41st kilometer of the Leningrad Highway (at the entrance to the city of Zelenograd) and solemnly buried in the Alexander Garden.
On May 8, 1967, a memorial architectural ensemble " Tomb of the Unknown Soldier", designed by architects D. I. Burdin, V. A. Klimov, Yu. R. Rabaev and sculptor N. V. Tomsky. The Eternal Flame was lit on the grave by L. I. Brezhnev, who accepted the torch from the Hero Soviet Union A. P. Mareseva. A bronze composition is installed on the tombstone - a soldier's helmet and a laurel branch lying on a battle banner. In the center of the memorial there is a niche with the inscription - “Your name is unknown, your feat is immortal” (offered by S. V. Mikhalkov) from labradorite with bronze five pointed star in the center, in the middle of which burns the Eternal Flame of Glory.
To the left of the grave there is a wall made of crimson quartzite with the inscription: "1941 TO THE FALL FOR THE HOMELAND 1945"; on the right - a granite alley with blocks of dark red porphyry, which contain capsules with the earth of hero cities: "Stalingrad" (from Mamaev Kurgan) - until September 2004, the inscription read "Volgograd", "Leningrad" (from the Piskarevsky cemetery), " Kerch (from the defense lines), Kyiv (from the foot of the Obelisk to the participants in the defense of the city), Minsk (from the defense lines), Novorossiysk (from the defense lines), Odessa (from the defense lines), Sevastopol (from Malakhov Kurgan), "Tula" (from the defense lines), "Brest Fortress" (from the foot of the walls).
On December 12, 1997, in accordance with the Decree of the President of Russia, post No. 1 of the guard of honor was transferred from the Lenin Mausoleum to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The guard is carried out by the military personnel of the Presidential Regiment. The changing of the guard takes place every hour. In connection with the work on the creation of the National Memorial of Military Glory, the guard of honor was not exhibited from December 16, 2009 to February 19, 2010. Also, wreath and flower laying ceremonies at the memorial were suspended for this period. On December 27, 2009, with military honors, temporarily for the period of reconstruction, the Eternal Flame was moved to Poklonnaya Hill in Victory Park.
On Defender of the Fatherland Day, February 23, 2010, the Eternal Flame was returned to the Kremlin wall.
In the National Memorial of Military Glory on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Great Victory appeared new element- a stele in honor of the cities of military glory, which is installed next to the alley of hero cities, near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
In the days of memory dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, statesmen, veterans, delegations, heads of foreign states and governments lay wreaths and flowers at the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier".
Eternal flame of memory and glory
Eternal flame- constantly burning fire, symbolizing eternal memory about something or someone. Continuous combustion is achieved by supplying gas to a certain place where a spark occurs. Usually included in the memorial complex. The first Eternal Flame in the USSR was lit at the monument to the fallen heroes near the village of Pervomaisky, Shchekinsky district, Tula region, on May 9, 1957. In many cities of the former Soviet Union, the Eternal Flame burns in memory of those who died in the Great Patriotic War.
Three Eternal Flames burn in Moscow: on Tomb of the unknown soldier, on the Poklonnaya Hill, on the Transfiguration Cemetery.
Eternal Flame on Poklonnaya Hill
A frame from the NTV channel On April 30, 2010, the second Eternal Flame was lit on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. It was decided to light a fire on Poklonnaya Hill at the request of the Council of Veterans of the city of Moscow. From December 2009 to February 2010, there was a flame here, transferred from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during the reconstruction of the memorial complex near the Kremlin walls. Later, the fire was returned to its historical place. In addition, near the Eternal Flame on Poklonnaya Hill, it was decided to create a kind of Post No. 1 for students cadet corps. Ten times a year, during the days of military glory and major public holidays, young guys will keep watch here. The torch, lit at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden, was transferred with honors to the memorial on Poklonnaya Hill. The honor to light a new "hearth of memory" was awarded to honorable Sir Moscow, participant in the battle for Moscow, chairman of the Moscow Council of War, Labor and Law Enforcement Veterans Vladimir Dolgikh, Hero of Russia Colonel Vyacheslav Sivko, member of the Moscow Children's public organization"Commonwealth" Nikolai Zimogorov. Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who took part in the ceremony, said that the new Eternal Flame would in no way compete with the memorial near the Kremlin wall. On the contrary, they will complement each other.
Eternal flame at the Transfiguration Cemetery
On April 30, 2010, at the military memorial necropolis of the Preobrazhensky cemetery, a solemn ceremony of lighting the third Fire of Memory in Moscow took place. A torch with a particle of the main Eternal Flame of the country at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden arrived at the Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery after lighting the Fire of Memory and Glory on Poklonnaya Hill.
The eternal flame at the Preobrazhensky cemetery was lit because it was the first and only one in Moscow - it was brought here in 1956 from Leningrad, from the Field of Mars. It burned until the pipes wore out. The fire was lit only on holidays.
Preobrazhensky necropolis - the largest memorial of military memory in Moscow. Soldiers who died of wounds in Moscow hospitals during the Great Patriotic War are buried here. Some burials were individual, some were fraternal. 10678 people are buried here. Some mass graves contain up to 20 graves. The nameless are getting smaller. Without tablets, only the graves of 43 fighters. In addition to mass graves, the cemetery has the graves of 41 Heroes of the Soviet Union, 3 Heroes of Russia and 3 full cavaliers Order of Glory.
Obelisk in commemoration of conferring an honorary title on Moscow - " Hero City»
Obelisk in commemoration of conferring an honorary title on Moscow -City-hero-Homeland highly appreciated the contribution of Muscovites to the defeat of the enemy: hundreds of thousands of Muscovites were awarded orders and medals, more than 800 of them were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, over 800 thousand people were awarded the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." Decree The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on May 8, 1965 for outstanding services to the Motherland, mass heroism, courage and steadfastness shown by the working people of the capital in the fight against the Nazi invaders, Moscow was awarded the honorary title "Hero City" with the award of the Order of Lenin and the medal " Golden Star".
In commemoration of the awarding of the honorary title of "Hero City" to Moscow in the park at the fork Kutuzovsky prospect and Bolshaya Dorogomilovskaya Street, a 40-meter "Obelisk" was erected. The "Obelisk" was opened on May 9, 1977. The authors of the monument are architects G. Zakharov, Z. Chernysheva, sculptor A. Shcherbakov.
Lined with gray hewn granite, the Obelisk ends with a five-pointed gold star. On the facade of the monument is the text of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On conferring the city of Moscow with the honorary title of "Hero City", made of overlaid gilded bronze letters. Above the text is a cast in bronze and gilded bas-relief order of Lenin. Three 4-meter granite figures - a warrior , worker and female workers - flank and close the obelisk, trapezoidal in plan. Each figure is located on its pedestal. The whole structure is raised on a turf hill with a bypass platform, to which three granite stairs lead. The monument expresses the unity of the front and rear, the greatness and heroism of the glorious defenders of Moscow, who defended the capital of the Soviet state from enemy invasion.
Monument to the Defenders of the Russian Land
"View photo" The monument "To the Defenders of the Russian Land" was opened in 1998 at the intersection of Kutuzovsky Prospekt and Minskaya Street. Sculptor A. Bichugov.
The monument embodies the continuity of generations of defenders of the Motherland: the warrior Ancient Russia with a sword in his hands, a soldier of the Patriotic War with Napoleon and a hero of the Great Patriotic War. Monument - Stele of the 1st Guards Moscow-Minsk Moto rifle division The monument was erected in 1976 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the division and its exploits in the Great Patriotic War. It is located on the Square of the Moscow-Minsk division (crossing of Malaya Filevskaya and Minskskaya streets), Minskaya, 13. Architect O.K. Gurulev, artist-architect S.I. Smirnov, sculptor I.P. Kazansky. On the monument there is an inscription "Area of the MOSCOW-MINSK DIVISION". Below it are bas-reliefs of the orders that the division was awarded: Lenin, the Red Banner, Suvorov, Kutuzov, and the badge of the guards. The inscriptions are carved below: “The square of the Moscow-Minsk division was named in 1976 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the formation of the 1st guards proletarian Moscow-Minsk division and its military exploits in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.” "The stele was installed by the chiefs of the Metrostroy."
Memorial Complex of Victory on Poklonnaya Hill
Victory Park (in Moscow) - a memorial complex of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. in the west of Moscow. The memorial complex was opened on May 9, 1995 for the 50th anniversary of great victory. Victory Park is bounded from the north by Kutuzovsky Prospekt, from the west by Minskaya Street, from the east by General Yermolov Street, from the south by Brothers Fonchenko Street and residential buildings located near the Moscow-Sortirovochnaya station of the Kyiv direction of the Moscow railway. Poklonnaya Gora is located in the eastern part of the memorial complex, not far from it is the Moscow metro station Pobedy Park .
History of Victory Park. For the first time, it was proposed to build a monument to a national feat as early as 1942 (architect Ya. Chernihovsky). But it was not possible to implement it in wartime conditions. On February 23, 1958, a memorial granite sign was erected on Poklonnaya Hill with the inscription: “A monument to the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 will be erected here.” At the same time, trees were planted around, a park was laid, which was named after the Victory. In the 1970s and 1980s, 194 million rubles were collected from subbotniks and personal contributions from citizens for the construction of a monumental monument. In the future, funds were allocated by the state and the government of Moscow. A plot of land of 135 hectares was allocated for the entire complex. In the 90s, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Victory, the Victory Memorial Complex was built, opened on May 9, 1995.
Main alley "Years of war"
The main alley "Years of War", located between Victory Square and the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War, consists of five terraces, symbolizing the five years of the war. 1418 fountains were erected over five water surfaces - so many days the war continued and blood flowed. In the center of the square is a 141.8-meter-high stele crowned with the goddess of victory Nike. At the foot of the obelisk, on a granite podium, there is a statue of St. George the Victorious, who strikes a snake with a spear - a symbol of the victory of good over evil.
Victory Monument - an obelisk on Pobediteley Square in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora
Project architect - Zurab Tsereteli, design and calculation - TsNIIPSK, under the leadership of B.V. Ostroumov. An obelisk made of extra strong steel weighing 1000 tons and 141.8 meters high (10 centimeters for each day of the war), covered with bronze bas-reliefs. At a height of 122 meters, a 25-ton bronze figure of the goddess of victory Nike is attached to the stele. At the foot of the obelisk on a granite podium is a statue of George the Victorious slaying a dragon with a spear. The Victory Monument was opened on May 9, 1995 as part of the Victory Memorial Complex.
Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War
The main object of the complex is the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War, founded in 1993 on the initiative of veterans of the Great Patriotic War. It was opened on May 9, 1995 during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Victory. The museum building was designed by a group of architects headed by A.T. Polyansky. The general fund of the museum is 50 collections with a volume of more than 50 thousand items.
In front of the museum is Pobediteley Square, to which the central alley of Victory Park leads from Kutuzovsky Prospekt. In the museum building there is the Hall of Memory, in which there are Books of Memory in special showcases - 385 volumes, in which the names of people who died in the war are inscribed; Hall of Fame, six dioramas dedicated to the main events of the war. The museum's funds contain authentic items of weapons and military equipment, numismatics, philately and philocart, household items, a large number of handwritten and documentary and photographic materials, materials visual arts telling about the Great Patriotic War, the joint struggle of countries anti-Hitler coalition against Germany and her allies. The museum houses the Banner of Victory, hoisted on April 30, 1945 over the Reichstag in Berlin. Exposition of the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
Hall of Remembrance
Hall of Remembrance on the ground floor. There is a sculptural group of Lev Kerbel "Weeping Mother" based on the motive of Michelangelo's "Pieta". Monument to the victims of the Great Patriotic War. The woman, bending in sorrow over the defeated warrior, is both the mother mourning her son, and the brother's sister, and the husband's wife. This is the face of sadness, morning-you, grief, always experienced in its own way. But sculpture also has a common meaning for all. Five hundred years ago, Michelangelo sculpted Pieta from marble - "Christ, taken from the crucifix, is stretched out on the lap of the Mother of God mourning him." This plot is old, Christian, so the sculpture takes on a new meaning. The fallen warrior is mourned by the Mother of God, and he is like Christ, who sacrificed himself to save people. But that's not all. In the teachings of Orthodoxy, Russia, Russia is the house of the Virgin. Hence the well-known concept - Motherland. She mourns for her Savior. In Russian icon painting there is a plot similar to drinking - the Assumption. The apostles and saints on earth mourn the Mother of God; appeared in the radiance of Glory, Christ takes her soul, in the form of a swaddled baby, to heaven. Along the walls in the Hall of Remembrance there are glass cabinets that contain 385 volumes of the Book of Memory with a list of all those who died in the battles for the Motherland and went missing. Information about each of them can also be obtained using e-book Memory. The military-historical exposition is located around the entire perimeter of the building. The central relic is a table with Yalta Conference 1945, during which Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill met.
Hall of Fame
The main one in the Pantheon of Victory Park is the Hall of Fame. At the top of the dome of the Hall of Fame is the Order of Victory. The Hall of Fame is decorated with the sculpture "Soldier - the winner", the author of which is the sculptor V. Znoba. There are 6 dioramas in the hall, created by famous masters of the Studio of Military Artists. M.B. Grekova: "Counteroffensive Soviet troops near Moscow in December 1941”, “Connection of fronts. Stalingrad", "Siege of Leningrad", "Kursk Bulge", "Forcing the Dnieper", "Storming Berlin". On the marble walls of the hall, 11,717 names of war veterans awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, the highest award in the Great Patriotic War, are carved.
Monument "Spirit of the Elbe"
Bow mountain. Monument "Spirit of the Elbe". Dedicated to the meeting of allied troops on the Elbe River in April 1945. Installed in 1995 by the Park Pobedy metro station. Views Photo Sights of Moscow. The monument was opened in 1995 in the western part of Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill. Address: Poklonnaya Gora, Victory Park, Park Pobedy metro station. The Spirit of the Elbe monument is dedicated to the meeting of the Allied Forces on the Elbe River in April 1945.
Monument to the Missing
In the mighty sculpture "Missing", standing on the alley of tankers, there is acute pain and suffering in the form of a wounded soldier, and in our hearts - bitterness and sadness, because feat and death always go side by side. This monument perfectly conveys the suffering of soldiers in the war. These heroes, even heroes, because no one recognizes their names will not see their faces at the victory parades. The sculptor K. Sokolovsky conveyed all this in his creation in the best possible way. The monument to the "Missing" was opened in 1995.
Monument "Tragedy of peoples"
Monument "Tragedy of Peoples" - a monument to the prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, established in 1997. Sculptor - Zurab Tsereteli. The height of the monument is 8 m. It was originally located on Victory Square.
Monument to the Soldiers of the countries participating in the anti-Hitler coalition
The monument to the Soldiers of the countries participating in the anti-Hitler coalition was solemnly opened on May 9, 2005 on Partizan Alley. The author is Mikhail Pereyaslavets. A 20-meter white marble stele topped with the emblem of the United Nations (UN) is located in the center of the Alley of Partisans, one of the most beautiful alleys of Victory Park. At the foot of the stele is a pedestal on which four bronze figures of soldiers of the USSR, the USA, Great Britain and France rise.
Monument to the Spaniards-volunteers who fought in the ranks of the Red Army and died in the fight against fascism during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The monument was erected in 2001 in the western part of Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill. Architect A. Miche. Engineer S. I. Vorontsov.
Exhibition of military equipment
File: Voorug pgm.JPG A unique exhibition of military equipment and engineering and fortifications has been launched in the open-air Victory Park. More than 300 samples of heavy equipment of the USSR and its allies, Germany and its allies, who took part in the battles, are presented here.
See also: Official website: http://www.poklonnayagora.ru/
Monument to the soldiers of the Moscow air defense on the Sky Defenders Square in Krylatskoye
Erected in 1995. The authors of the monument, sculptor L. E. Kerbel and architect E. G. Rozanov, immortalized the feat of all air defense heroes: pilots and sky scouts, anti-aircraft gunners, fighters of balloon obstacles. The monument is an expressive and laconic composition: in front is the figure of the Motherland with a baby in her arms, saving our future. As a historical background of the ongoing event, at a distance, 13 meters from this statue, a screen of metal structures in the form of a stylized radar installation with bronze high reliefs rises, on it are genuine wartime anti-aircraft guns with episodes of the heroic defense of the Moscow sky. Here is an air battle in which our fighter plane defeated a fascist vulture. Here are the girls in military uniform carry a balloon along the embankment. All these are pictures of the war years. And on reverse side The names of the air defense units that defended Moscow from fascist aviation are inscribed on the screen.
Monument to the Fallen (Heroes - Defenders of the Motherland) at the cinema "Brest". Address: st. Yartsevskaya, 21. Sculptor Alexander Burganov.
A memorial sign to the underground workers of the Young Guard. Installed in the park near the church at the intersection of Molodogvardeyskaya and Yartsevskaya streets.
Molodogvardeyskaya Street is named in memory of the underground heroes of Krasnodon and their immortal feat during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
monuments who died in the Great Patriotic War on the territories of the enterprises of the Western District
Monument to those who died during the Great Patriotic War, workers of the Nogin factory. Installed in the factory. Address: Vitebskaya street, possession 9. The factory was transferred to the Southern Administrative District in 2003. Representative offices of various companies are located on the territory of the former factory.
Monument to those who died during the Great Patriotic War, MRTZ workers. Installed on the territory of MRTZ. Address: st. Vereiskaya, 29.
The monument to the workers of VILSA who died during the Great Patriotic War was opened in 1964. Address: Mozhaysky district Moscow city, st. Gorbunova, d. 2.
Monument to the workers of the Rublevskaya waterworks who did not return from the battlefields during the Great Patriotic War. Installed on the territory of the Rublevskaya waterworks. Architect Podstavkin P.K.
Memorial to the fallen and those who died from wounds in the Great Patriotic War at the Kuntsevo cemetery
Memorial on mass grave soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War and died of wounds. Installed on the initiative of the enterprises of the Kuntsevsky district at the Kuntsevsky cemetery in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Victory in 1975. An eternal flame burns on the memorial. Address: Kuntsevo cemetery (Ryabinovaya st.)
Memorial plaques to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War
Memorial plaque on Artamonov Street, houses No. 3 and No. 20, named in 1961 in honor of the Hero of the Soviet Union Alexei Alekseevich Artamonov. School students, working on the project "Names of Heroes - to the Streets of the Western District", found a mistake in the name of the hero on the memorial plaque at houses No. 3 and No. 20 on Artamonov Street, with which they turned to the district council. The head of the council, Stolpovsky Anatoly Alekseevich, supported the initiative: it was decided to eliminate the inaccuracy, and install a new plaque in memory of Hero A.A. Artamonov to coincide with the Victory Day. May 9, 2007 new board. The opening ceremony was attended by relatives of the hero - the wife of his son T.I. Artamonova, granddaughter Elena Vyacheslavovna and great-grandson Vasily.
A memorial plaque on Botylev Street in Rublevo is installed on the building former school No. 580, where the military unit that defended Moscow was formed. The street is named after the Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Andreyevich Botylev.
Memorial plaque on Bogdanov street, house 50, named after Marshal armored forces Bogdanov Semyon Ilyich.
A memorial plaque on Bolshaya Ochakovskaya Street, 33 commemorates the Hero of the Soviet Union, partisan Elena Fedorovna Kolesova.
Memorial plaque on Vatutin street, house number 1, named after the Hero of the Soviet Union Vatutin Nikolai Fedorovich.
Memorial plaque on Klochkov Street, named after the Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Georgievich Klochkov.
Memorial plaque on Natasha Kovshova Street, house number 5/2, named after the Hero of the Soviet Union, Red Army sniper Natalya Venediktovna Kovshova.
Memorial plaque on Matrosov Street, house number 1, named after the Red Army soldier, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Matrosov Matrosov.
Memorial plaque on Marshal Nedelin Street, house 40, named after the Hero of the Soviet Union, Chief Marshal of Artillery Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin in 1961.
Memorial plaque on Pivchenkova Street, house number 10, named after the Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Timofeevich Pivchenkov in 1961.
Memorial plaque on Polosukhina street, house number 4, bldg. 1 named in 1966 in honor of V.I. Polosukhin, commander of the 32nd Infantry Division, famous in the battles near Mozhaisk.
Memorial plaque on Rashchupkina Street, house number 25, named after the tanker, Hero of the Soviet Union, Andrei Ivanovich Rashchupkin, who lived in this house before the war.
Memorial plaque on Aleksey Sviridov street, house number 1, named after the hero of the Soviet Union Aleksey Andreevich Sviridov in 1965.
Memorial plaque on Tolbukhin street, house 8, named after Marshal - Hero of the Soviet Union Fedor Ivanovich Tolbukhin.
