Monuments to the Great Patriotic War in the world. WWII monuments on our travels

Seven decades ago, the salvos of the Great Patriotic War, which claimed the lives of millions of people, died down. The war brought death and ruin to our country, and did not spare the Nenets District. 9,383 people went to the front during the war, 3,046 people did not return from the battlefield.

The feat of the people, who defeated a terrible enemy, lives in the people's memory all this time. It is immortalized by the monuments of the Great Patriotic War, establishing a connection with the “terrible forties”.

In the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, monuments and memorial plaques dedicated to the heroism of the people in the Great Patriotic War have been erected. Three memorial signs use objects of military equipment.

The earliest of them was installed in Naryan-Mar in 1946 in the area of the Naryan-Mar seaport. This is the Yak-7(b) aircraft, built during the war at the expense of shipyard workers. The monument has a complex and at the same time instructive history.

In 1944, workers and employees of the Naryan-Mar shipyard collected 81,740 rubles to build a fighter aircraft. In June of the same year, the plane was handed over to the pilot of the White Sea Military Flotilla Alexei Kondratyevich Tarasov. On the fuselage of the combat vehicle was the proud name “Naryan-Mar Shipbuilder”. Tarasov flew this “hawk” until the end of the war. On one of the combat missions, near the Vadso base (Norway), the pilot shot down two Foker Wulfs.

In 1946, the plane was returned to Naryan-Mar. The townspeople erected it as a monument. For ten years it stood without proper care and was seriously damaged: the rubber on the wheels became unusable, the fuselage lost its plywood, and someone removed the plexiglass from the cockpit. On June 15, 1956, by decision of the City Executive Committee, the plane... was written off. By order of Soviet officials, it was dismantled and taken to a landfill. This act received a great response in public circles of the city and district; war veterans were the first to defend the monument. Fortunately, the plane's engine was saved. In 1957, at the initiative of the public, it was installed near the building of the district museum.

On May 8, 2010, a prototype of the heroic Yak-7B aircraft was installed in the center of Naryan-Mar.

Today this is the only monument in the district that clearly shows the material contribution of the district residents to the common cause of Victory over the enemy.

Memorial complex to fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War in the village. Amderma opened in 1975. Its central element is an asymmetrical stele expanding upward, the right corner of which is extended upward. In the center of the monument is the Order of the Patriotic War, below is an image of a guards ribbon and the numbers: “1941 - 1945”. In the lower part there is a slab with a memorial plaque on which are carved the names of the village residents who died during the Great Patriotic War (9 people). To the right of the stele is a trapezoidal slab with the inscription: “No one is forgotten and nothing is forgotten!”.

The memorial complex is complemented by a cannon from the war, which was used to protect the Yugorsky Shar Strait from German ships. She was brought from the shore of the strait, which is forty kilometers from the village.

Monument, Mig-15 aircraft, installed in Amderma on the street. Lenin was presented to the village by the military as the personification of the heroism of the pilots who defended the skies of the Arctic during the war. The plane emphasized the great importance of Amderma as an outpost of the Arctic borders of Russia. In 1993, after the withdrawal of the aviation regiment from the village, it... was sold to Norway.

This attitude towards history caused deep indignation in Amderma. Together with like-minded people, a resident of the village P.M. Kharsanov convinced the leadership of the need to restore the monument. It was decided to transport and install a similar aircraft from the Arkhangelsk region in Amderma. For the 50th anniversary of the Great Victory, May 5, 1995, the MIG aircraft was installed on a pedestal on which there was a sign with the inscription:“To the pilots of the Soviet armed forces who defeated fascism in 1941-1945, ensuring peace and inviolability of the air borders of the North.”

Monuments of monumental art - obelisks and steles - have become widespread in the Nenets Okrug. The first Obelisk of Victory was erected in Naryan-Mar in 1965. The author of the monument is construction engineer Oleg Ivanovich Tokmakov, the inscription on the obelisk and the Order of the Patriotic War were made by the artist of the city House of Culture Anatoly Ivanovich Yushko. By May 9, 2005, the order was replaced with a new one, made by the artist of the Naryanmar Palace of Culture, Philip Ignatievich Kychin.

In the 60s, the monument was built with the active assistance of an initiative group of war veterans, led by P.A. Berezin, and district military commissar A.M. Plyusnina.

The obelisk is an asymmetrical stele expanding upward, the right corner of which is extended upward. The numbers are carved at the top: “ 1941-1945 ", in the center of the monument is the Order of the Patriotic War. At the base there is a memorial plaque with the inscription: “ To the fellow countrymen who fell in battle for their homeland in the Great Patriotic War, from the eternally grateful citizens of the Nenets Okrug" Under the slab there is a metal box with lists of those killed during the war by a resident of the district.

The design of the monument is complemented by decorative fencing posts connected by a large chain.

In 1979, the monument was architecturally supplemented. Gas was supplied to the concrete pedestal located in front of the obelisk and an eternal flame was lit. In 1985, a cast-iron grate with a star, ordered and brought from the city of Zhdanov (Mariupol) by I.N., was placed on the pedestal. Prosvirnin.

Another object using a stele expanding upward is located in the village. Oksino. Monument to fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War.
Mounted on a stepped wooden base that serves as a stand for wreaths and flowers. The entire complex is preceded by a wooden pedestal, equipped with walkways descending at an angle on three sides. Behind the monument is a fenced front garden. The monument is located near the building of the House of Culture.

Opened on May 9, 1969. The author of the monument is Yuri Nikolaevich Tufanov. The obelisk is a trapezoidal white slab, rounded at the wide top, on which is placed a smaller rectangular slab, covered with a sheet of iron painted with gray enamel. On it in two rows are inscribed the names of the residents of the village of Oksino, the villages of Bedovoye, and Golubkovka (69 people) who died during the war. Above the list is the Order of the Patriotic War, the dates “ 1941- 1945 ", below the inscription: " Soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War" Above the gray board is an image of a bowl of eternal flame on two legs, in the center of which there is a red star and a flame escaping from it.

The obelisk to fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War in the village of Andeg is located in a small park in the old part of the village. Opened on May 9, 1980. The author and supervisor of the work is Leonid Pavlovich Dibikov, a teacher of drawing and drawing. At the time of the installation of the monument, the collective farm administration building was located next to it. It has now been demolished.

The monument consists of a wooden pedestal and an asymmetrical metal stele expanding upward, the left corner of which is extended upward. At the top of the stele is an image of the Order of the Patriotic War, below it is a list of those killed (30 people). To the left of the stele is a vertical concrete slab with the inscription: “ Eternal memory to our fellow countrymen who died in battles for their Motherland" Behind the monument, at a distance of one meter, there is a concrete shield with the inscription: “ ».

In the village The Red Obelisk to fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War was opened on May 9, 1977. Its authors are Boris Nikolaevich Syatishchev and Vladimir Savenkov.

The monument is a multi-faceted stele mounted on a multi-stage pedestal. On the front side, in the upper part, there is an image of the Order of the Patriotic War, under which there is a metal sheet with the inscription: “ Eternal memory to the fallen"and a list of those killed during the war (182 people). In the central part of the pedestal there is an insert made of fiberboard with the inscription: “ No one is forgotten - nothing is forgotten" The obelisk is framed by pillars, distant from the monument, connected to each other by iron chains.

In 2005, the monument was surrounded by a wooden fence, and the inscriptions on the stele were updated.

In the village Velikovisochnoye two monuments dedicated to the contribution of the villagers to the Victory over the enemy. The monument to fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War is located on the site of the former priest's house. It was opened on May 9, 1970. The author and director of the work is Vasily Petrovich Samoilov, a participant in the war.

The monument is a tall, tapering upward and slightly truncated stele, at the base of which is a concrete pedestal. A wooden torch is attached to the stele with metal brackets. At its base, slightly shifted to the right, is a concrete board located at a level of 1 m from the ground, on which the dates: “ 1941-1945 " On the obelisk, on a sheet of stainless steel, the names of those who did not come from the war were previously engraved.

When the second monument to the dead was opened in Velikovisochny, the memorial plaques were removed, changed and used in the design of the new monument. The monument is framed by a row of nine concrete pillars connected to each other by iron chains.

In the village The Telvisk obelisk to fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War was opened in November 1974. Located in the center of the village. It is a brick plastered stele (height 3.5 m), painted with silver paint. On the front side there is an image of the Order of the Patriotic War and the inscription: “ Heroes - fellow countrymen who died for the freedom and independence of their homeland».

On the opposite side there is an inscription: “ On the 30th anniversary of the Victory, the names of those to whom we owe our happiness and our freedom and peaceful dawns will forever remain in the hearts of people" On the side faces, in the upper part of the monument, it is inscribed: on the right - “ No one is forgotten", on the left - " Nothing is forgotten" Below them, on separate metal shields, are the names of those killed during the war (127 people). On the left side below there is an additional metal shield with a continuing list of the dead. The monument is preceded by a pedestal to which is attached (welding work) an image of the eternal flame. The monument is located in a small front garden. In 1995, the monument was repaired and the shields with the names of the victims were updated.

The monument to fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War in the village of Labozhskoye was opened on May 9, 1992. It is located in the center of the village. Author - Vasily Nikolaevich Kabanov in agreement with Alexander Kutyrin. Made by collective farm construction workers.

The obelisk is a stepped brick base raised on a pedestal with a concrete approach. The monument is covered with marble tiles. In the center there is a rectangular memorial slab with a bas-relief inscription: “ Those who fought to the death in the name of life" Along the edges are two similar slabs, on which the names of the victims (58 people) are written in black paint. Above the central part rises a smaller rectangular shield with embossed dates " 1941-1945 ", painted with red paint. The upper step is a prism in cross-section, in the center of which is a bas-relief of a five-pointed star. The monument is completed with an iron pin on which a concrete red star is attached.

Monument in the village Khorei-Ver was installed in 1967 by residents of the village on the initiative of the secretary of the Komsomol organization Lyudmila Alekseevna Kokina. She brought the drawing of the monument from the regional Komsomol conference (Arkhangelsk, July 1967). The initial project was prepared by the First Secretary of the Onega Republic Committee of the Komsomol Markelov. In 1978, it was decided to modify the facility.

Today the monument consists of three parts. The base of the central cone-shaped stele is a rectangular stepped prism in the lower part of which there is a memorial plaque with the names of those killed during the war (34 people). Above is a picture of a burning torch. The side steles are made in the form of triangular prisms, on which at the top there is an image of a five-pointed star, at the bottom of the date on the left: “1941 ", on the right: " 1945 ».

A monument similar in style to fellow countrymen who died during the war in the village. Nelmin. Nose. It was opened in the center of the village in 1975. Authors of the monument: Ivan Vasilyevich-Semyashkin, Andrey Nikolaevich Taleev, Grigory Afanasyevich Apitsyn.

The obelisk consists of three parts. The base of the central stele is a rectangular prism, on the front side of which there is the inscription: “To fallen soldiers and fellow countrymen 1941 -1945." The upper part is in the form of a pyramid with the image of the Order of the Patriotic War in the center. The side steles are made in the form of triangular prisms, on which there is an image of a five-pointed star at the top, and the names of the victims (54 people in total) are inscribed at the bottom. A path leads to the monument. The monument is located in the front garden. Fenced with a green wooden fence. Flowerbeds are broken. Cosmetic repairs were carried out in 1997.

The memorial complex in the village is complex in composition. Kotkino was opened in 1985. Author Semyon Ivanovich Kotkin, builder and customer in one person - collective farm named after. XXII Congress of the CPSU.

The central part of the complex is a quadrangular stele, the right corner of which is extended upward and decorated with a bas-relief image of a red star. In the center at the top there is the inscription: “We will not forget the forty-first. We will forever praise the forty-fifth" In the lower part there is an image of the eternal flame and the vezha. To the right and left, at an angle to the central part, there are rectangular slabs on which are placed boards with the names of village residents who died during the war (28 people). On the left plate there is a date: “1941 ", on the right: " 1945 ».

In 1987, in the center of the village. Ust-Kara, a monument was erected next to the village council building.

It is a triangular stele tapering upward, mounted on a stepped pedestal. The monument is wooden, plastered on top and painted with silver paint. On the front side there was previously the Order of the Patriotic War. After repairs, it was not possible to restore it; instead of the order, a five-pointed star was depicted, with dates under it: “1941 - 1945 " and the inscription: " To Warriors - Countrymen».

Memorial complex to fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War in the village. Nes, opened in 1987.

The monument represents two rectangular states intersecting perpendicularly. Made of wood, lined with metal. In the upper part of the structure, at the intersection of the slabs, there is an opening in which a bell is suspended (from the former Annunciation Church in the village of Nes). Below, on the front side, there is a crossbar connecting the plates, with the inscription on it: “ 1941 -1945 " On the pedestal, in front of the monument, is a metal star (eternal flame).
The complex is surrounded by an iron fence. At the entrance to the square, two Admiralty anchors are placed on the sides, the chain of which is stretched along the perimeter of the fence and attached to poles.

In 2005, the memorial was expanded. On the left and right in front of the obelisk there are four low quadrangular steles expanding upward with a wavy upper part, on which are inscribed the names of fellow countrymen who died during the war (120 people).

This is the second monument in the village dedicated to the events of the war. The first one was installed in May 1975. It was a tetrahedral obelisk tapering upward, mounted on a rectangular pedestal. In the lower right part, perpendicular to the plane of the monument, a rectangular slab was mounted with the inscription on the right side: “ Grateful living to those who died for their Motherland" On top is a relief image of a five-pointed star. In 1987, it was decided to replace the monument with a memorial complex, which still exists today.

There are monuments in the Nenets Okrug, the design of which is simple and at the same time original. One of these is located in the village. Karatayka is an obelisk to those who fell during the Great Patriotic War. Its author is Nikolai Ilyich Khozyainov. The monument was opened on October 23, 1989.

The obelisk is a stylized image of an irregularly shaped block, in a niche of which the names of residents who died during the Great Patriotic War (31 people) are engraved. Inscribed in the lower left corner is a star with the years stamped on it: “1941-1945.” The composition is completed by three flagpoles, which are located in the left corner behind the obelisk. The frame of the monument is wooden, lined with metal.

The tragedy that took place on August 17, 1942 near Fr. Matveev in the Barents Sea, a monument erected near the seaport administration building on Saprygina Street in Naryan-Mar is dedicated.
On that day, the steamships “Komsomolets” and “Nord”, which belonged to the port, with barges P-3 and P-4 in tow, were returning from the village. Khabarovo to the port of Naryan-Mar, and in the area of Matveev Island were fired upon by a German submarine. 328 people died, including 11 crew members of the tugboat Komsomolets.
The monument to the crew of the tugboat Komsomolets was erected in November 1968. The designers are a group of port engineers led by P. Khmelnitsky.
The monument is a pedestal in the shape of a steamship cabin, on which an Admiralty anchor is installed. A stainless steel plate with an engraved inscription is vertically attached to the lower part of the pedestal: “MMF Naryan-Mar Commercial Sea Port to the crew of the b/p “Komsomolets” who died on August 17, 1942. Vereshchagin V.I., Emelyanov V.I., Vokuev V.A., Kiyko S.N., Kozhevina A.S., Kozlovsky A.S., Koryakin M.A., Kuznetsov V.M., Kulizhskaya T. .G., Mikheev P.K., Morozov I.M., Potashev I.M., Smirnov V.A., Sumarokov SL.”
The pedestal is fenced with a steel chain suspended on concrete pillars.

There are only four sculptural images dedicated to the events of the Great Patriotic War in the Nenets Okrug.

The first monument of this type appeared in the village. Haruta. Installed in the front garden near the House of Culture in October 1977.

Sculpture of a soldier with his head bowed. The warrior holds a helmet in his left hand. The monument is installed on a pedestal more than a meter high, into which memorial plaques are embedded with the names of residents of the village who died during the Great Patriotic War (91 people).

In Naryan-Mar, in the city park, between the streets named after. Khatanzeisky and them. Saprygin in 1980, the “Monument to the Naryan-Mar Port Workers” was erected. The author is a member of the Union of Artists Alexander Vasilievich Rybkin.

The monument is a rounded pedestal, spirally raised at the top, on which stands a metal composition: a sailor dressed as a civilian sailor raises a flag, next to a soldier with a machine gun in his hand. On the concrete pedestal there is a bas-relief inscription: “To the port workers of Naryan-Mar” on the left the date: “1941”, on the right: “1945”

In 1987, additional work was carried out to decorate the monument. To the left and right of it, 12 concrete pedestals with slabs attached to them are installed in a semicircle; on the first one on the left there is the inscription: “No one is forgotten - nothing is forgotten”; on the subsequent ones, the names of the port workers who died during the war are carved (118 people). Order and delivery from Nalchik by Nikolai Ivanovich Korovin.

A complex compositional monument with a sculptural image of a Red Army soldier was installed in the village. Velikovisochnoe near the House of Culture. It was opened on September 2, 1985. Made in the Arkhangelsk art and industrial workshops of the RSFSR Art Fund with the participation of the designer Faina Nikolaevna Zemzina.

The monument is a complex consisting of three parts. On the right, on a prismatic concrete pedestal of burgundy color, there is a sculptural image of a soldier with a machine gun (iron, welding), next to it is a stele with an image on the large end of the Order of the Patriotic War and the dates “1941-1945” made of metal. The composition is completed by a tilted prismatic concrete pedestal, with two attached boards on which the names of the dead (86 people) are engraved. The boards were made at a factory in Lipetsk, transferred from the first Victory Monument. Order and delivery by Ivan Semenovich Dityatev.

There are monuments in the district, in the design of which bas-relief images of warriors are used. One of them - the obelisk “To the Heroes of Kanino-Timanya” was installed in 1969 in the village. Lower Pesha.

The monument is a stele with a broken line on the top edge, the left corner of which is extended upward. It is installed on a stepped rectangular pedestal. On the front side there is an image of the head of a soldier in a helmet, below the inscription: “To the heroes of Kanino-Timanya who died in battles for their homeland.” In 2002, to the left and right of the central stele, the monument was supplemented with rectangular slabs on which memorial plaques with the names of those killed during the Great Patriotic War (129 people) were attached.

The bas-relief monument in Oma was opened in September 1981. The author is sculptor-artist Sergei Konstantinovich Oborin.

The main part of the monument is a rectangular stele, which is surrounded by sculptural bas-reliefs of soldiers of various branches of the military. On the front side at the top of the monument is the Order of the Patriotic War. At the base there is a memorial plaque with the names of village residents who died on the battlefields during the war (78 people). Above the list of dates: "1941 -1945".

In the village Shoina obelisk to fallen soldiers was opened in the center of the village in 1983. Its author is Klibyshev.
The monument is a triangular prism mounted on a concrete pedestal. On the front side in the upper part there is an image of a soldier’s head, just below the inscription: “To the fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War. 1941-1945". The names of the residents of the village are carved on the side faces. Shoina and village Kiya, who did not return from the war. The perimeter of the monument is surrounded by a chain attached to metal poles.

In the settlements of the district there are two memorial plaques dedicated to the Great Patriotic War. One of them is located in the village. Khongurey, on display in the village museum. Made of glass, black and gold paint. Author Alexander Alexandrovich Yurkov.
The board is rectangular with gold stars in the corners, a gold frame in the form of two figured stripes and the inscription on a black background:
“Eternal glory to the heroes who died in the battles for the freedom and independence of our Soviet Motherland 1941-1945.”.
Listed below are the names of village residents who died during the Great Patriotic War (24 people). Below, in the center below the list, is an eternal flame.
In 2004, a monument appeared in the village.

Memorial plaque to Alexey Kalinin. Located on the building of the Pesh Secondary School. Alexey Kalinin is a native of the village. Nizhnyaya Pesha, fought as part of the legendary crew of N.F. Gastello, who carried out a ground ramming of a column of fascist military equipment on the Minsk-Molodechno highway in the area of the village on June 26, 1941. Radoshkovichi (Republic of Belarus).

The inscription on the board reads: “In the village of Nizhnyaya Pesha, Alexey Aleksandrovich Kalinin was born and graduated from school, a radio operator gunner who died heroically in an air battle on June 26, 1941 as part of the crew of the Hero of the Soviet Union N.F. Gastello”.

In the modern world, when everything changes, one thing remains unchanged - this is history, which must be preserved. The greatest activity in installing monuments appeared in our district in the 1980s. Then 9 obelisks appeared at once, reflecting the feat of the people during the Great Patriotic War.

And in our time this tradition continues to live. Proof of this is the appearance in 2003 of a monument to fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War in the village. Indiga. The project was prepared by V.E. Glukhov with the participation of officers of the military unit.

The central part of the complex is a stele with a pointed upper part. In the center, in the upper part, there is an image of a five-pointed star, below the inscription: “The Great Patriotic War 1941 -1945.” At the bottom there is an image of the eternal flame and the inscription: “Eternal memory to the heroes of the war.” To the right and left, at an angle to the central part, are adjacent rectangular slabs on which the names of the residents of the village. Indiga and village Vyucheysky, who died during the war (133 people).

Contribution of the village residents. Vyucheysky, participants in the war in victory over the enemy, is immortalized in the settlement itself. In 2004, a monument was erected there.
It is a tetrahedral stele with a pointed upper part, on a concrete base. At the top there is an image of a star, below the inscription: “No one is forgotten - nothing is forgotten.” In front of the obelisk there is a slab with the inscription: “Eternal memory of those who died for the Motherland”; below are the names of the village residents who died during the war (42 people).

The tradition of installing memorial signs with the names of those killed during the war on the site of uninhabited villages and hamlets of the district was founded in the 90s. A monument was erected in the village of Bedovoye in 1991. Authors A.I. Mamontov, M. Ya. Ruzhnikov.
The base of the monument is made in the form of a log frame, from which two pillars with plywood attached to them extend upward, on which are carved the names of village residents who died during the war (19 people). The inscription on top: “Bedovoye”, below: “1941 -1945”.
The year 2004 was marked by the appearance of memorial signs on the site of the former village of Nikitsy and the village. Shapkino. Both of them were installed by the local communities of these settlements.

Monument in the village Shapkino is a rectangular wooden board mounted on two pillars. On the board there is a plaque with the names of the residents of the village who took part in the war (46 people). At the top there is the inscription: “Shapkin residents - participants of the Second World War”, after the list of names: “Eternal memory”.

The monument on the territory of the now defunct village of Nikitsy is a trapezoid-shaped obelisk, tapering upward, crowned by a five-pointed star. In the central part of the obelisk there is a metal plate with the inscription: “1941 -1945” followed by a list of names of residents of the village of Nikitsy who died during the war (21 people).

On the eve of the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Victory, three more monuments appeared on the map of the district - in the villages of Makarov and Kamenka, monuments to the “Countrymen who died during the war” and in the city of Naryan-Mar - to the “Pilots of the Arctic”.

The memorial sign in the village of Makarovo was made in the military memorial office of the city of Arkhangelsk with funds from the North-Western Fund for the Development of the Peoples of the North. The main work on the delivery and installation of the historical object was undertaken by the ROO "Shield".

The monument is a tetrahedral stele on a concrete base. On the front side there is an inscription: “1941 - 1945” below: “Let us remember everyone by name, let us remember with our grief. It’s not the dead who need it, the living need it.”
On the side and back edges there are images of soldiers - a tank driver, a sailor, and an infantryman. Just above are images of the awards of the Great Patriotic War - respectively: medals for the capture of Berlin, the Order of the Patriotic War, the Order of Glory. This is already the second monument in the village of Makarovo. The first one was installed by Komsomol members in the 60s. The location of the object was poorly chosen; it was located in a flooded area, which led to its destruction.

The obelisk “To the Arctic Pilots” was made in Arkhangelsk. The sketch was prepared by the head of the RAS ECO “Istoki” search group, local historian and ecologist Sergei Vyacheslavovich Kozlov. Made of Mansurovsky granite, the inscriptions are painted with gold paint. The monument is crowned by a flying seagull, symbolizing polar (naval) aviation.
On the front side of the stele are carved the names of the dead pilots of four aircraft that crashed on the territory of the district during the war. And above them is the Order of the Patriotic War. Below the list of dead pilots is the date of the war: “1941 -1945” and a laurel branch. At the bottom of the front side of the cabinet there is an inscription: “Eternal memory to the pilots of the Arctic.” On the back side of the stele is carved information about the death of three crews. On the right and left are drawings of crashed planes. There is lighting around the obelisk.

February 23, 2012 in the center of Naryan-Mar, in memory of the residents of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, who during the Great Patriotic War formed five reindeer transport trains, with a total number of more than 600 people, and more than 7,000 heads of riding reindeer. Echelons of people and deer were formed in the Kanino-Timansky, Bolshezemelsky and Nizhne-Pechora regions of the Nenets National District; they walked several hundred kilometers to their destination - the Rikasikha station in the Arkhangelsk region. In February 1942, at the Rikasikha station, from these trains as well as trains that arrived from the Leshukonsky district of the Arkhangelsk region and the Komi Republic in the 295th reserve regiment, the 1st reindeer ski brigade and the 2nd reindeer ski brigade were formed, which were sent to Karelian Front. On September 25, 1942, on the basis of these two units, the 31st separate reindeer ski brigade of the Karelian Front was formed.

On November 20, a memorable date was established in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug - the Day of Remembrance of participants in the reindeer transport battalions in the Great Patriotic War.

Monuments on the territory of our district dedicated to the feat of the people in the Great Patriotic War are diverse. However, we can highlight their main features that are characteristic of each object. Structural elements and attributes of monuments are often similar. For example, the technique of combining a stele and a memorial plaque with the names of the dead, an image of a star or an order, an eternal flame or an image of an eternal flame is repeated, the inscription “1941-1945” is everywhere on the monuments.
During the festive celebrations on the occasion of the Victory, it is at these monuments that residents of the district pay tribute to the fallen and those who survived the difficult war years at the fronts, those who forged Victory in the rear, those to whom we are grateful for the opportunity to live a peaceful life.

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 and 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. During the civil war, which ended (relative to the beginning of the Great Patriotic War) relatively recently - only 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 surroundings - 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 who received the highest honor was named 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 raising 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 raising pigeons, equating them to radio transmitters - they were afraid of using pigeon mail. The feat of the teenager Vitya Cherevichkin was that, being an avid pigeon-keeper, he drew diagrams of the location of 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 the children of besieged Leningrad. And the monument itself stands in Omsk. Why? This is indicated by the signature on the pedestal: “More than 17 thousand children were evacuated from besieged Leningrad to the Omsk region.” 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.

During the Great Patriotic War, it became one of the most significant themes in Soviet art - literature, painting, cinema. The portal "Culture.RF" recalled the most important sculptural monuments dedicated to the tragedy of this time.

“The Motherland is calling!” in Volgograd

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One of the tallest statues in the world “The Motherland Calls!” included in the sculptural triptych along with the monuments “Rear to Front” in Magnitogorsk and “Warrior-Liberator” in Treptower Park in Berlin. The author of the monument was Evgeniy Vuchetich, who created the figure of a woman with a sword raised above her head. The most complex construction took place from 1959 to 1967. To make the monument, 5.5 thousand tons of concrete and 2.4 thousand tons of metal structures were needed. Inside, “Motherland” is completely hollow; it consists of separate chamber cells in which metal cables are stretched to support the frame of the monument. The height of the grandiose monument is 85 meters; it is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest sculpture-statue in the world at the time of construction of the monument.

“Let’s beat swords into ploughshares” in Moscow

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Evgeniy Vuchetich’s “Let’s Beat Swords into Plowshares” statues, depicting a worker beating weapons into a plow, are located in several cities around the world. The very first one was installed in 1957 at the UN Headquarters in New York - it was a gift to the States from the Soviet Union as a sign of friendship. Other original copies of the monument can be seen near the Central House of Artists in Moscow, in the Kazakh city of Ust-Kamenogorsk and in Volgograd. This work of Evgeny Vuchetich received recognition not only in the USSR, but also beyond its borders: for it he was awarded a silver medal from the Peace Council and received the Grand Prix at an exhibition in Brussels.

"To the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad" in St. Petersburg

Photo: Igor Litvyak / photobank “Lori”

The project of the monument to the “Heroic Defenders of Leningrad” was developed by sculptors and architects who participated in the defense of the city - Valentin Kamensky, Sergei Speransky and Mikhail Anikushin. Deployed towards one of the bloodiest places in the history of the battle for Leningrad - the Pulkovo Heights, the composition consists of 26 bronze sculptures of the city’s defenders (soldiers, workers) and a 48-meter granite obelisk in the center. The memorial hall “Blockade” is also located here, separated by an open ring, symbolizing the breakthrough of the fascist defense of Leningrad. The memorial was built using voluntary donations from citizens.

“To the Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War” (“Alyosha”) in Murmansk

Photo: Irina Borsuchenko / photobank “Lori”

One of the tallest Russian monuments, the 35-meter Murmansk Alyosha, was erected in Murmansk in memory of the unknown soldiers who gave their lives for the Soviet Arctic. The monument is located on a high hill - 173 meters above sea level, so the figure of a soldier in a raincoat with a machine gun over his shoulder can be seen from anywhere in the city. Next to “Alyosha” the Eternal Flame burns and there are two anti-aircraft guns. The authors of the project are architects Igor Pokrovsky and Isaac Brodsky.

“To the Panfilov Heroes” in Dubosekovo

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The memorial complex in Dubosekovo, dedicated to the feat of 28 soldiers from the division of Major General Ivan Panfilov, consists of six 10-meter sculptures: a political instructor, two soldiers with grenades and three more soldiers. In front of the sculptural group there is a strip of concrete slabs - this is a symbol of the line that the Germans were never able to overcome. The authors of the monument project were Nikolai Lyubimov, Alexey Postol, Vladimir Fedorov, Vitaly Datyuk, Yuri Krivushchenko and Sergei Khadzhibaronov.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow

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In 1966, a memorial dedicated to the Unknown Soldier was built in the Alexander Garden near the Kremlin wall. The ashes of one of the soldiers buried in a mass grave and a helmet from the Great Patriotic War are buried here. The inscription “Your name is unknown, your feat is immortal” is carved on the granite tombstone. Since May 8, 1967, the Eternal Flame, which was lit from the fire on the Champ de Mars, has been continuously burning on the monument. Another part of the memorial is burgundy porphyry blocks with the image of a golden star, in which capsules with soil from the hero cities (Leningrad, Volgograd, Tula and others) are walled up.

Monument to the soldiers of the Ural Volunteer Tank Corps in Yekaterinburg

Photo: Elena Koromyslova / photobank “Lori”

75 years ago, on June 22, 1941, the Great Patriotic War began. Victory in it became the greatest test and the greatest pride for our people. The memory of fallen soldiers, home front workers and civilians is immortalized in numerous memorials throughout our country. Today, you can visit each of these memorials, lay flowers and remember your heroes, who are in every Russian family.

1. Monument-ensemble "Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad", Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd. This is perhaps the most famous memorial dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, 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. The center of the memorial is the sculpture “The Motherland Calls!” - for many years was the tallest statue in the world: the height is 52 meters. This is 1.5 times the size of the Statue of Liberty in New York. “Motherland” is a unique engineering structure made of iron and concrete, with thin walls (25-30 cm), which maintains balance thanks to amazingly accurate calculations. In addition to it, the memorial complex includes the Square of Those Who Fought to Death, the Hall of Military Glory, the Square of Sorrow, and the Ruin Walls. When visiting the ruin walls and the Hall of Military Glory, you can hear the voice of the legendary Soviet announcer Yuri Levitan and sound fragments specially recorded for the memorial. In 1965, a capsule of war participants was laid on Mamayev Kurgan for their descendants, which should be opened on May 9, 2045, on the centenary of the Victory. Since 2014, Mamayev Kurgan has been a candidate for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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.

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More than 1,500 tanks of the Red Army and fascist invaders fought in it. This battle turned the tide of the Battle of Kursk and the war as a whole. In memory of the Prokhorovsky battle, the Prokhorovsky Field museum-reserve was created. The observation post from which General Pavel Rotmistrov, commander of the 5th Guards Tank Army, gave orders has been reconstructed here. A memorial sign in the bend of the Psel River was erected in honor of the feat of senior lieutenant Pavel Shpetny. All nine men in his platoon, while knocking out seven enemy tanks. In 2010, the Museum of Military Glory “The Third Military Field of Russia” was opened in Prokhorovka. The main monument of the memorial is the 59-meter Belfry with a bell that rings three times an hour, recalling the historical role of three battlefields: Kulikovo, Borodino and Prokhorovsky. And the architectural dominant of the complex is the temple in the name of the holy supreme apostles Peter and Paul, on the walls of which are inscribed the names of 7382 soldiers who died in these bloody battles

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 Leningradskoye Highway. The monument consists of a tombstone covered with a bronze battle flag, on which lie a soldier's helmet and a laurel branch. And in the center burns the Eternal Flame of Glory. It was brought from the Campus Martius in 1967. 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 the hands of the legendary pilot Alexei Maresyev. Nearby is the inscription “Your name is unknown, your feat is immortal.” In 1997, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, an honor guard post was established at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. And in 2014, the All-Russian Day of the Unknown Soldier appeared, which is celebrated on December 3.

4. Krivtsovsky memorial, 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 the Battle of Stalingrad. During the Bolkhov operation, more than 21 thousand soldiers and officers were killed, and more than 47 thousand were injured. The Krivtsovsky memorial is located in the “Valley of Death” - this is almost the official name of the valleys of the Oka and Zusha rivers. The memorial ensemble consists of two parts: a monument to fallen soldiers, in the form of a 15-meter pyramid, and a square for mourning ceremonies with two mass graves, on which the monument “Eternal Flame of Glory” and a 9-meter obelisk are installed.

5. Murmansk "Alyosha" - a 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.

The Murmansk region is the only region where the enemy did not pass more than 30 km from the 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. There is still no exact data on the number of deaths while defending the region. Murmansk "Alyosha" is the tallest monument in Russia after Mamayev Kurgan. Its height together with the pedestal is 42.5 meters. The memorial ensemble includes the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Eternal Flame, and a granite stele to the Defenders of the Arctic. At the foot of the monument, two capsules are walled up - one with sea water from the site of the death of the ship "Tuman", the second - with earth from the Valley of Glory and the battle area at the Verman line.

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.

According to the authors' idea, the sword, forged by home front workers in the Urals, is raised by the Motherland on Mamayev Kurgan, and is already lowered after the victory of the soldiers in Berlin. The monument is located on a hill, its height is 15 meters. In the center of the monument there are two figures - a warrior and a worker. The worker looks towards the metallurgical plant, and the warrior looks to the west, where military operations took place. The Eternal Flame is installed nearby. The monument was made in Leningrad, and then erected on a fortified hill in Magnitogorsk. Later, the names of city residents who received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in World War II and who died - more than 14 thousand in total - were carved on granite trapezoids.

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.

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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.

8. Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow. 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.

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. The ceremony was attended by heads of 55 states. On the territory of Victory Park there are churches of three faiths (Orthodox, mosque and synagogue), which symbolize the multinationality of the army of liberators. The Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War has a unique collection, including 1.5 thousand volumes of the “Book of Memory” and its electronic analogue, which record the fate of Soviet soldiers who defended their country from the Nazis. There is also an exhibition of military equipment on the territory of the park. Well, the center of the monument is the Victory Monument.

9. Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery, St. 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.

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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. From the “Mother Motherland” there is a 300-meter alley on which red roses are planted. It ends at the Eternal Flame. Here, at the Piskarevskoye cemetery in the military museum, there is Tanya Savicheva’s diary.

10. Cranes, 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 bright sadness. A wedge of 12 silver cranes flying west symbolizes the souls of fallen soldiers. In the center of the monument are three five-pointed stars, covered with gold leaf, made by analogy with the highest award of the USSR - Hero of the Soviet Union. Five flights of stairs lead to the monument, on which are engraved the cities in which Saratov residents took part in the defense and liberation. The area around the complex is paved with paving stones. It symbolizes the beginning of the war, when soldiers from the parade on Red Square went straight to the front.

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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. You can visit each of these memorials, lay flowers and remember those who fell in the Great Patriotic War.

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.

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.

(cc) 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.

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 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.

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.

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The Murmansk region is the only region where the enemy did not pass more than 30 km from the state border. And the most fierce 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.

(cc) Sergey Sekachev

Moscow. 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.

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Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill

9. Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery, St. 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.

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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.

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Therefore, the main theme of the monument was bright memory and bright 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 Tourism Agency.