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Victory Day of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (1945), and official name This is exactly what is the most important holiday for all residents 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 their Motherland, not to forget ourselves and to 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, of which there are many in Russia and abroad.
Tomb of the unknown soldier in Alexander Garden
The Eternal Flame burns here and an honor guard serves every day. During official events, heads of state lay wreaths at the memorial, and at other times, flowers are brought by newlyweds, who traditionally come here on their wedding day.
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 burns the Eternal Flame of Glory. Behind the niche is a tombstone with a bronze composition - a soldier's helmet and a laurel branch lying on a battle flag. To the left of the grave is a wall made of crimson quartzite with the inscription: “1941 To those who fell for the Motherland, 1945”; on the right is a granite alley with blocks of dark red porphyry. On each block there is the name of the hero city and an embossed image of the Gold Star medal. The blocks contain capsules with the soil of the hero cities. Next is a red granite stele 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 Great Victory A large memorial complex was opened in the west of Moscow on an area of 135 hectares. The park itself was founded back in 1958, but the architectural ensemble was erected only in 1995. From the entrance stretches a wide alley “Years of War”, decorated with five water cascades with 1418 fountains, according to the number of days that the war lasted. In front of the building of the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War stands the Victory Monument - an obelisk 141.8 meters high, at the foot of which there is a statue of St. George the Victorious, who plunges a spear into the body of a serpent, symbolizing fascism. The exhibition is of constant interest to park visitors military equipment and weapons in the open air. The park with neat paths, alleys and flower beds has become a favorite place for walks for Muscovites and guests of the capital.
Motherland
Monuments to war heroes are perhaps the only case when monumentality is justified. One of the tallest monuments in the world is the main element of the ensemble “Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd - the sculpture “The Motherland Calls!” The figure of a woman raising her sword and taking a step forward symbolizes the Motherland, calling her sons to fight the enemy. The remains of 34,505 soldiers - defenders of Stalingrad - were reburied on the hill. From the foot of the mound to its top there are 200 granite steps - that’s how many days the Battle of Stalingrad lasted.
Mamayev 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 strategic initiative to the Red Army. A memorial complex near the villages of Yakovlevo and Pokrovka serves as a reminder of the 250 thousand lives that sacrificed themselves. A 44-meter arc-shaped stele with reliefs symbolizes the front line; in front of it, a T-34 tank is installed on a pink granite pedestal. The Triumphal Arch, topped with a statue of St. 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 oh, those who fell in battle of berlin, memorials have been erected in the Tiergarten, Schönholzer Heid and Treptow parks. There are sculptures of Soviet liberator soldiers in Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Ukraine. Granite stele to World War II participants from countries former USSR installed in Los Angeles. The Brest Fortress has been open to the public since 1971 and tells the story of the heroic defense of the fort - one of the first battles for the USSR. The tragic story of the mass extermination 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, the central place of celebration will, of course, be Red Square. A ceremonial review of troops and military equipment will take place on the main square of the country. Since 1996, the parade in honor of May 9 has been held here annually, and on June 24, 1945, the columns of the first Victory Parade marched across 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 Soviet people Those who did not spare themselves in this bloody war, of course, do not necessarily have to go somewhere. The main place of memory is our hearts. Eternal Glory to the winners!
Happy Victory Day!
Memorial of Glory.(Orsk)
The Memorial of Glory is located in the Leninsky district on Victory Square near Mira Avenue.
Opened on May 9, 1965. In 1967, the Eternal Flame was lit. The memorial was built on the mass grave of soldiers Soviet army who died during the Great Patriotic War in Orsky hospitals (1941-1945). On April 27, 1965, the remains of 216 soldiers were reburied from a closed city cemetery at the site of the future memorial in 12 urns. Initially, a block of unpolished Orsk variegated jasper and a bronze plaque was installed, on which a monument to a Soviet soldier in Berlin's Treptower Park was depicted in relief. A bowl with the Eternal Flame was installed in front of the stone. The entire structure was placed on a concrete pedestal. The authors of the monument are Orsk architects E.Ya. Markov, B.G. Zavodovsky, A.N. Silin. In 1975, the monument was reconstructed: the mass grave was lined with polished red Orsk jasper.
In its center is the Eternal Flame, above which hangs a bronze wreath of Glory. Behind the grave there is a wall of black stone with an inscription "Motherland! The Russian land, watered with the blood of its soldiers, honors their memory forever". Behind the wall there were spruce trees. Authors: Orsk architects P.P. Priymak, G.I. Sokolov, V.N. Yakimov. During the reconstruction of the memorial in 1988, the lining of the military grave was replaced with a green-black coil; marble slabs with the names of soldiers who died in Orsky hospitals, Orchan soldiers who died on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, and those who died in Afghanistan were installed along the perimeter of the memorial.
The black stone inscription is transferred to white marble slabs in the center of the memorial.
In 1995, additional memorial pylons were installed with the names of Orchans who died in 1941 - 1945, in Afghan war 1979-1989, in hot spots of Russia ( North Caucasus) in the 1990s.
In April - August 2000, the Glory Square was reconstructed, a second line of pylons was installed, where more than 8,000 additional names of Orchan residents who died in hostilities were added. The main part of the memorial complex is equipped with lawns, flower beds and plantings of deciduous and coniferous trees.
On May 8, 2008, on the eve of Victory Day, the opening of the Alley of Heroes took place on the territory of Glory Square. The memorial has changed its appearance for the fourth time and is becoming better and more significant.
The idea of this project appeared back in the eighties of the last century. Then, taking into account the wishes of war veterans, the chief artist of Orsk P. Priymak worked on a project for the reconstruction of the square and envisaged opening the Alley of Heroes. But to install nine bronze busts of Heroes Soviet Union and two Heroes of Russia were achieved only now, thanks to the decision of the current head of the city.
Preparations for the implementation of the alley project began in 2008, when the necessary photographic materials were sent to Chelyabinsk. The busts of the Orchan heroes were sculpted by a creative group of Chelyabinsk sculptors under the leadership of the chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of the Union of Artists of Russia E. Vargot. Professionals managed to convey not only the external similarity of the defenders of the Motherland, but also their character. As the sculptors themselves assure, the images were created based on the personal history of each hero. Installed bronze busts weighing about 2 tons each on granite pedestals by specialists from the Requiem municipal unitary enterprise.
On the pylons erected on both sides of the alley are the names of the heroes of the Orsk land who won the Victory and defended the freedom of not only Russians, but also other peoples.
Literature
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According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the human losses of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War amounted to 26.6 million people. In memory of fallen soldiers, major victories of the Army and the feat of the Soviet people in the war, numerous war memorials and monuments were erected not only in Russia, but also abroad.
Here are photos of WWII monuments that I took during our travels since 2007. to 2015
1. Russian Federation, Volgograd. The main element of the ensemble “To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” on Mamayev Kurgan is the sculpture “The Motherland Calls!”
2. Russian Federation, Volgograd. Gerhardt's Mill is a building destroyed during the Great Patriotic War, left in ruins as a memory to descendants of the brutal battles of the Battle of Stalingrad
3. Russian Federation, Vladivostok. Monument to the sailors of the merchant fleet 1941 -1945.
4. Russian Federation, Veliky Novgorod. The "Victory Monument" was installed on "Catherine Hill" in memory of the victory of the Soviet Union over the fascist invaders
5. Russian Federation, Republic of Tatarstan, Elabuga. On Memory Square there is a bust of Marshal of the Soviet Union - Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov.
6. Russian Federation, Moscow region, Odintsovo district. Troitskoe village. Monument to the fallen Soviet soldiers who defended the approaches to Moscow. The names of fallen soldiers are carved on the plaques of the memorial, including the name of my husband’s great-uncle.
7. Russian Federation, Moscow region, Zvenigorod. Memorial to those killed in the Great Patriotic War.
8. Russian Federation, Kaliningrad region, Baltiysk. Mass grave on the street. Red Army.
9. Russian Federation, Kaliningrad region, Zelenogradsk. Grave of Hero of the USSR Tkachenko I.F.
10. Russian Federation, Republic of Karelia, Medvezhyegorsk. Burial of Soviet soldiers.
11. Russian Federation, Republic of Karelia, Medvezhyegorsky district. Mass grave 9 km from the village of Povenets.
12.RF, Republic of Karelia, Medvezhyegorsky district. village Kadmaselga. Mass grave.
13. Russian Federation, Kaluga region, Kondrovo. Monument to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War
14. Russian Federation, Kaluga region, regional center Przemysl. Monument to Soviet soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War.
15. Russian Federation, Kaluga region, National Park Ugra, Sukovsky bridgehead.
16. Russian Federation, Kaluga region, Yukhnov. Monument to soldiers who died in battles for their homeland
17. Russian Federation, Kaluga region, Yukhnov. Monument to prisoners of fascist concentration camps
18. Russian Federation, Kaluga region, Kozelsk. Memorial complex Heroes of Kozelsk Square, Motherland monument.
19. Russian Federation, Voronezh region, With. Kochetovka. Military memorial "Memory", mass grave No. 305
20. Russian Federation, Moscow region, Kubinka. Memorial in the military-historical Museum of armored weapons and equipment of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
21. Russian Federation. Moscow region, Dmitrov. Monument to the Counteroffensive Line
22. Russian Federation, Vladimir region. Murom. Alley of Heroes of the USSR in Oksky Park.
23. Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod. Memorial "Gorky Front"
24. Russian Federation, Rostov-on-Don. Memorial complex "To the soldiers for the liberation of the city from the Germans" fascist invaders»
25. Russian Federation, Yaroslavl region, Rybinsk. Memorial complex "Fire of Glory"
26. Russian Federation, Smolensk.
27. Russian Federation, Pskov. The tank monument symbolizes the military glory of the tank crews who participated in the liberation of Pskov in 1944
28. Poland. Concentration camp and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz)
29. Slovakia. Bratislava. Mount Slavin is a monument erected in honor of Soviet soldiers who died in battles with the Nazis for Bratislava in 1945
30. Belarus. Brest. Brest Fortress. Sculpture "Thirst"
31. Hungary. Budapest. "Monument to Soviet Soldiers-Liberators"
32. Poland, Warsaw. Monument to the Heroes of Warsaw
33. Lithuania. Klaipeda. Monument to fallen soldiers
34. Estonia. Narva. Obelisk dedicated to the soldiers of the Soviet Army who fell in the Second World War
35. Bulgaria. Nessebar.
36. Norway. The grave of seven unknown soldiers of the Soviet army, near the town of Nesna.
37. Estonia. Tallinn. Bronze soldier
They keep the memory of the little people of the war. And even about God’s little creatures - camels, donkeys and pigeons who helped in the war. These are monuments to courage and a destroyed world. And hope, of course.
"We'll all come back to you"
Praskovya Eremeevna Volodichkina had nine sons go to the front in one draft. Six died in the war, three died of wounds barely returning home. And then Praskovya Eremeevna herself left - she could not stand the grief that came to her. And she didn’t even say goodbye to her youngest son, Nikolai. He was finishing active service in Transbaikalia, they were already waiting for him home, but their unit was immediately taken to the front. When he was passing the Volga, he threw a rolled-up note out of the window of the car: “Mom, dear mother. Don't worry, don't worry. Don't worry. We're going to the front. Let's defeat the fascists and we'll all come back to you. Wait. Yours Kolka.”
Isn't the film Saving Private Ryan about a similar impossible story? Such cruel coincidences, which people try not to believe (“A bomb does not fall into the same crater a second time!”) reveal the cruelty of time and fate. This is what it is - too much. But there were several such families in Russia, we just don’t know about them all. Here, in Alekseevka, a suburb of Samara, circumstances developed in a certain way. In the 1980s, school teacher Nina Kosareva, working at the same school where the Volodichkin brothers once studied, created an amateur memorial museum in one of the rooms of their former house. And the initiative to build the monument belongs to the working group of the regional Book of Memory.
And now on the street of the former Krasnoarmeyskaya, and now the Volodichkin Brothers, a monument appeared - to Praskovya Eremeevna, Alexander, Andrey, Peter, Ivan, Vasily, Mikhail, Konstantin, Fedor and Nikolai.
Monument to the Crying Horse
It is called the “monument to the crying horse.” The orphaned, exhausted bronze horse bowed its head - mourning its rider, master, friend. These days, fortunately, we rarely see horses crying. There were many of them during the Great Patriotic War. Unfortunately, the cavalrymen were practically doomed to certain death. IN civil war, which ended (relative to the beginning of the Great Patriotic War) relatively recently - just some twenty years ago, it was the cavalry that formed the basis of the army. But between the 20s and 40s of the last century, progress, including military progress, developed at a rapid pace - much faster than army administration. And as a result, many horsemen went to the front, helpless in front of enemy tanks and planes. Ossetians have always been excellent horsemen. It is not surprising that many of the dead cavalry soldiers were among them.
Postman
Triangles of front letters. One of the symbols of the Great Patriotic War. They were read by the whole family, and in villages - sometimes by the whole street, they were kept in boxes, rivers of tears were shed over them - tears of faith, hope, love. The symbol is more rear than front. However, Corporal Ivan Leontyev, a forwarding postman of the 33rd Infantry Regiment of the 6th Red Banner Rifle Division, immortalized on this monument, died in 1944 just at the front. He was delivering mail to the front line and came under enemy artillery fire. The last letter that Ivan Leontyev himself sent home is dated January 1944. Postman Leontyev was not a special hero - and he was, of course. But he became a symbol of the profession because his military fate was typical. He was awarded a medal - like many of his fellow army postmen; Many times, under fire, he brought letters from relatives to soldiers in the trenches; they were waiting for him, along with his bag full of letters - and the weight of a front-line postman’s bag on average was equal to the weight of a machine gun. This is what employees, veterans, heads of Russian Post branches said at the opening ceremony - everyone who participated in thinking about and discussing the monument. The monument was created with the participation of the Russian Post.
Bear and Masha
The hardships of wartime are when Astrakhan steppe camels are used as draft force. But there was such a thing. In particular, the camels Mishka and Mashka took part in the legendary Battle of Stalingrad and reached from the Lower Volga region to Berlin. Now they are cast in bronze, in their usual environment - next to a military weapon and a soldier with a machine gun on his knees, who sat down to rest. And one of the camels, without hesitation, followed his example. Tired.
Bronze fashion magazine page
There is a wide bronze stele, and on it, as if on an ordinary clothes hanger, women’s clothes are hanging on hooks. There are 17 sets in total, like a bronze page from a fashion magazine. There is only one difference, and it is very significant - these are not fashionable toilets, but uniforms for women who participated in the Second World War. These are work overalls, driver's overalls, welder's protective clothing, medical uniform... Helmets, jackets, riding breeches. This monument is called very simply - Women in the Second World War.
The war changed the lives of seven million British housewives. They replaced men - and became firefighters, air defense fighters, workers in the “women's land army” and defense factories, drivers and mechanics. And the inscription on the monument used the font from wartime food cards.
The creation of this monument was proposed by retired Major David McNally Robertson in 1997. The idea was supported by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Baroness Betty Boothroyd, who became a patron of the project and raised money for it on the TV show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” About £1 million was given by Queen Elizabeth II, who herself worked as a driver during the war. The remaining funds were provided by various charitable foundations.
Bronze Shoes Embankment
Flowers are placed not only in crystal vases, but also in bronze shoes, tightly screwed to the Danube embankment. A total of 60 pairs - men's, children's and women's, new, elegant, trampled, old-fashioned. In 1944 - 1945, there were also many pairs of shoes here, only not bronze ones, but real ones - both worn out and sewn according to the latest fashion of the forties. Made to serve their owners for a long time, to make them beautiful and elegant, so that they can walk comfortably. But the fate of these shoes - and the whole world - turned out differently. Before being shot, people driven to the banks of the Danube were forced to take off their shoes so that the shoes would not disappear. She didn't disappear - people disappeared.
All donkeys go to heaven
Not only people fought and died. This monument is dedicated to animals who participated in World War II. It is not surprising that he appeared in England - a country where the Mary Dickin Medal, the highest military award for animals, exists. It depicts carrier pigeons, a dog, camels, horses, a mule, an elephant, a wolf, a cow and a cat. And the medal - it was first awarded in 1942 - was awarded to 60 animals: dogs, pigeons, donkeys, an elephant, and one cat.
The cat awarded highest award, name was Simon (circa 1947 - November 28, 1948). He was a ship's cat from the sloop of war Amethyst of the Royal Navy. He was awarded "for boosting the morale" of sailors during the Yangtze River Incident and for keeping the ship's supplies rat-free. During a military clash, the cat was wounded.
The inscription “They had no choice” is laconic and more than eloquent. The monument was erected with private donations.
Terkin - who is he?
The most famous fictional front-line soldier is Vasily Terkin, invented and sung by Alexander Tvardovsky. Both of them - the author and his hero - are sitting on a bivouac in the center of Smolensk - Tvardovsky’s homeland - and are cheerfully joking about something. Thus, Vasily Terkin, as it were, became incarnate, from something imagined he became real - a symbol of an apt word, consolation, perseverance, humility and good spirits - everything that is so necessary in war.
Pigeons
Vitya Cherevichkin lived in Rostov,
He did very well at school.
And in my free time I always usually
He released his favorite pigeons.
This song was sung by the entire post-war country. During the occupation of Rostov-on-Don, the Germans strictly forbade civilians from breeding pigeons, equating them to radio transmitters - they were afraid of using pigeon mail. The feat of the teenager Vitya Cherevichkin was that he, being an avid dovecote, drew layout diagrams German units in the city, and transported them with pigeons to his brother in Bataysk. For this he was shot. According to another version, he simply defended his own dovecote from the invaders. And this in no way detracts from his merits - you need to have great courage to defend your dovecote from the enemy.
The most faithful friend
And yet man's most faithful friend is a dog. Everywhere - in warmth, and in trouble, and in sorrow, and in joy. Including at the front. There is nothing to add here.
Doll and teapot
Three children dressed warmly and very uncomfortably. A girl is holding an old, ugly, beloved doll. The boy is holding a large teapot. He is the eldest in this group, he needs to take care of the others. These are kids besieged Leningrad. And the monument itself stands in Omsk. Why? This is indicated by the signature on the pedestal: “From besieged Leningrad to Omsk region More than 17 thousand children were evacuated.” This is how they were brought - exhausted, pulled out from their family (if the family was still intact, alive), rescued. They were taken along the legendary Road of Life and at the risk of this very life that had just begun.
Lidice
And again - children, children, children. In total - eighty-two children; their figures are cast in bronze in life-size. This is exactly how many children - 40 boys and 42 girls - were killed by the Nazis in 1942 in the Czech mining village of Lidice. The village itself was completely destroyed. This is a very laconic, very simple, strong monument.
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. Memory dead soldiers, home front workers and civilians are immortalized in numerous memorials throughout the country. You can visit each of these memorials, lay flowers and remember those who fell in the Great Patriotic War.
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1. Monument-ensemble “Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad”, Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd. The most famous memorial dedicated to the Great Patriotic War is majestic and symbolic. It took 8.5 years to build: from 1959 to 1967. The chief architect was Evgeniy Vuchetich.
There are 200 steps leading from the base to the top of the mound. This number was not chosen by chance: that is how many days the Battle of Stalingrad lasted, which put an end to the offensive of the fascist troops.
2. Museum-reserve “Prokhorovskoye Field”, Belgorod region, Prokhorovka village. The vicinity of the Prokhorovka railway station on July 12, 1943 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 fight turned the tide Battle of Kursk and war in general.
3. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Moscow. The memorial was opened in May 1967 after the burial of ashes near the Kremlin wall unknown soldier, who died in the battle for Moscow.
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The remains were transferred from the mass grave to 41 km of Leningradskoye Highway. The eternal flame of glory was brought in 1967 from the Campus Martius. At the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the fire was lit by the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Leonid Brezhnev, having received the torch from his hands legendary pilot Alexey 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 Soviet troops were able to advance 20 km, but then 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 Cape Verde hill, where anti-aircraft batteries were located that defended the city from air raids.
Tara-Amingu
Murmansk region is the only region where the enemy did not pass more than 30 km from state border. And the fiercest battles took place on the right bank of the Zapadnaya Litsa River, later renamed the Valley of Glory. “Alyosha’s” gaze is directed exactly there.
6. Rear to front, Magnitogorsk. This is the first part of a triptych of monuments, including “The Motherland Calls” in Volgograd and “The Liberator Warrior” in Berlin.
7. Monument to Sailor and 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 considered unsuccessful, and in the late 80s the possibility of dismantling the monument was seriously discussed. Subsequently, supporters of the monument won, and money was allocated for restoration, but the initially approved project was never completed. Now the Soldier and Sailor Monument is a must-see for tourist groups, although there are many of its critics among local residents.
Moscow city. For the first time, on the site of a hill between the Setun and Filka rivers, back in 1942, it was proposed to erect a monument to the national feat of 1812. However, in the difficult conditions of the Great Patriotic War, the project could not be implemented.
Alexander Kaasik
Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill
Subsequently, a sign was installed on Poklonnaya Hill with the promise that a Victory monument would appear in this place. A park was laid out around it, which also received a similar name. 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. Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery, Saint Petersburg. This is the largest burial site for victims of the Second World War; about 420 thousand residents of besieged Leningrad who died of hunger, cold and disease, and 70 thousand soldiers who heroically fought for the northern capital are buried in 186 mass graves.
George Arutunian
The grand opening of the memorial took place on May 9, 1960. The dominant feature of the ensemble is the “Mother Motherland” monument with a granite stele on which is engraved the epitaph of Olga Berggolts with the famous line “No one is forgotten and nothing is forgotten.” 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 Saratov residents who died in the war, was inspired by the song “Cranes” based on the poems of Rasul Gamzatov.
Therefore, the main theme of the monument was bright memory and light sadness. A wedge of 12 silver cranes flying west symbolizes the souls of fallen soldiers.
An overview of outstanding memorials dedicated to the Great Patriotic War was provided by the Federal Agency for Tourism.
