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

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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

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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

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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 all this time in the people's memory. 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 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 top 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 draft 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 the niche of which are engraved the names of residents who died during the Great Patriotic War (31 people). 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 Sea Commercial 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 from 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 by 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 near 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, and everywhere on monuments there is the inscription: “1941-1945.”
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.

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. 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 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 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.

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.

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

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.

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 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 Agency for Tourism.

On the eve of the celebration of VICTORY DAY, we all aroused special interest note by Valery Tsvetkov “The only one in the world” . It tells about the history of the emergence of three monuments in Kozelsk: in 1996, a T-54M tank, a ZIS-3 cannon, and a Mig-17 aircraft were installed on pedestals near the House of Culture of the Russian Army. The T-54M tank is especially noted in the article by V. Tsvetkov - "Object 139", as the only remaining example of such tanks in the world. The article describes in detail how this military equipment got onto the pedestals. Our colleagues from the site were the first to respond to the publication sosensky.info, noting the most , according to the author, article number.

This issue did not leave us indifferent, and we, after Great Victory Day , we visited all these monuments in Kozelsk, making sure that the tank and gun are in perfect order and adequately reflect the power of our Armed Forces. And even the plane, despite its " shabbyness"with time and the curious, it still strives upward, awakens fantasies and calls Kozelsk boys to the sky with its contours. Our military observer Oleg Fedoseev had the idea to tell a little more about the history of these particular types of weapons and equipment so that Kozelsk residents, when visiting the monuments , would think about the fact that each combat unit installed here on a pedestal has not only its own history of installation on a pedestal in Kozelsk, but also a history of creation and combat use.

Monument - Tank

If installed on the pedestal tank T-54M "Object 139" , then this specimen is indeed (V. Tsvetkov writes about this) very rare, if not the only one. Then it would be more correct to simply call it "Object 139", as a copy that was not included in the series and not accepted for service. Although in the specialized literature of the 1950s. This tank is referred to specifically as the T-54M tank, although other models, including those adopted for service, also went by this name. In particular T-54M "Object 137M". But in general, this is the same T-54.

Tank "Object 139" differed from the serial T-54 tank in that due to the installation of a more powerful main weapon, its cast turret was changed. A 100-mm rifled D-54TS tank gun with a muzzle brake, stabilized in two planes, and a coaxial 7.62-mm SGMT machine gun were placed in the tank’s turret. Instead of the 12.7 mm DShK machine gun, an anti-aircraft machine gun mount with a 14.5 mm KPVT machine gun was installed. In addition, rack fuel tanks were introduced on this vehicle, increasing the total capacity of the fuel tanks to 980 liters. To conduct combat operations at night, the tank used infrared observation devices and a night sight.

"Object 139" , was developed in 1955 and was a modified version of the T-54 tank. In addition to testing the new weapons, it also tested a more powerful diesel engine with a capacity of 426 kW (580 hp). Transmission and chassis parts have also been improved.

Three prototypes of the tank were produced in 1956, and in January 1957 they were sent for testing, which took place at the NIIBT test site in Kubinka. Then "Object 139" did not pass the test. The tank was not recommended for mass production due to defects in the tank gun, its stabilization system, and insufficient reliability of the newly used transmission and chassis parts. The fate of two of the three tanks produced "Object 139", we now know from a newspaper article "Our town". The history of the third tank remains unknown.

Indeed, if we take it quantitatively, tank T-54M "Object 139" rare But in fact, this is the same T-54, only subjected to modification, and not so radical in comparison with the production model. Externally, for an ignorant person, it is practically indistinguishable from production models. Unlike its other brothers in the T-54 brand. It turns out that "Object 139" , this is also a T-54 tank, albeit different from the standard configuration. But the other T-54s are not all twin brothers. Changes in the design and configuration of the tank occurred constantly. Compare.

The origin of the tank took place during the Great Patriotic War.

The prototype was the T-44 tank, which did not participate in the fighting of the Great Patriotic War, but is well known to us from films about the war, during the filming of which, after a small dummy, it depicts the German “Tigers”.

T-54 model 1945

T-54 model 1945

T-54 mod. 1949

T-54A model 1955

T-54M "Object 139"

T-54M "Object 139"

T-54M "Object 137M" 1977

Look how the image of the tank even changed externally until it took on its final appearance - the serial T-54, the latest releases, moving into the T-55 model. And it did not become final, giving rise to new, more modern models of T-62 tanks and beyond. And these transitions were carried out precisely through testing and testing on production models of new weapons and technical inventions in the field of tank building. This is how experimental samples appeared.

Rare in quantity, but not unique in significance. A kind of test model, on which a new product is tried on and tested before being launched into series.

That’s why you won’t find them in the famous museum in Kubinka. There was no place even for examples of Soviet tank building that were truly unique with a capital letter. There are no tanks the like of which, even in appearance, and there never will be in any country in the world.

But we have a different topic, so let’s return to the T-54.

This is one of the most numerous tanks in the world. Taking into account all modifications and licensed foreign releases, the total number of vehicles produced is about 100,000 pieces .

T-54 was not necessary take part in the Great Patriotic War.

But he got all the subsequent wars and conflicts. Southeast and Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, in all these regions the T-54 and its subsequent modifications participated in combat operations. It was and is in service in more than 70 countries around the world. It is possible that when a self-propelled tank battalion was stationed in Kozelsk in the 50s, it could also have been armed with T-54s. Old-timers of the city can probably tell you whether this is so. They can also remember the AT-T (BAT) artillery tractors, also made on the basis of the T-54.

Monument - Cannon

The ZIS-3 cannon can rightfully be called a weapon of Victory. This is the most famous and most popular gun of the Second World War.

« This gun is a masterpiece in artillery system design“- said I. Stalin when he first saw the ZIS-3 in testing. “...The Soviet ZiS-3 was the best weapon of the Second World War”, noted Professor Wolf, the chief engineer of the artillery department of the German Krupp corporation.

“76-mm divisional gun mod. 1942" It was under this name that the ZIS-3 was put into service on February 12, 1942. Although its first model left the factory on June 22, 1941, by the time it was officially put into service, at least a thousand ZIS-3s had already fought at the front. It was intended to solve the following problems: destruction of enemy personnel; suppression and destruction of enemy firing points and artillery; destruction of barriers; destruction of tanks and other mechanized vehicles of the enemy; supporting the infantry with fire and wheels (the ability to move the gun after the infantry only by the gun crew).

This made the ZIS-3 universal, which compensated for the units' need for a lack of specialized weapons. Thanks to its high manufacturability, the ZIS-3 became the first artillery gun in the world to be put into mass production and assembly line assembly.

Until the end of the war, the ZIS-3 firmly held the status of the main divisional gun, and since 1944, due to a decrease in the production rate of 45-mm guns and a shortage of 57-mm ZIS-2 guns, the ZIS-3 actually became the main anti-tank gun of the Red Army. By the way, the ZIS-3 divisional gun owes its appearance precisely to its older sister, the 57-mm ZIS-2 anti-tank gun, developed in 1940 and put into service in 1941. They are very similar and an ignorant person can only tell them apart by their barrel, which is longer in the ZIS-2 and without a muzzle brake. At the time of its release, the ZIS-2 was the most powerful anti-tank gun. She suffered for this and was taken out of production. Since the armor of the tanks was not an obstacle for its shells and they pierced the tank right through, without causing any harm to it, except for an unplanned new hole. Unless, of course, they fell into the ammunition or the crew. But with the strengthening of the armor of German tanks, production of the ZIS-2 was restored in 1942, although preference in the production of guns still remained with the ZIS-3, as a more universal weapon. In December 1942, based on the ZIS-3 and the T-70 light tank, the famous SU-76 self-propelled gun was created, which ranked second in terms of mass production after the T-34 tank.

Having gone through the entire war, the ZIS-3 cannon remained in service for a long time, and in some foreign countries it is still in service. She also took part in wars and conflicts around the world.

Monument - Airplane

MiG-17 - fighter aircraft. Its prototype was the no less famous MiG-15 fighter, one of the best and most popular fighter. But the merits and fame of the MiG-17 are no less significant. It was in service with more than 40 countries around the world, taking part in wars and conflicts in different parts of the globe, on different continents. It performed especially well during the Vietnam War.

Work on its creation began in the late 40s. Passed tests and began mass production in 1951. In addition to the fighter, modifications of the interceptor, fighter-bomber, and reconnaissance aircraft were produced. The aircraft was produced until 1958. In our country it was in service until the 70s. Subsequently, many of the vehicles were transferred to DOSAAF aviation, where they were used for training. Here are the wings of our MiG, just from one of the former DOSAAF Aviation Training Centers, and it itself may be from there, because There were no longer MiG-17s left in military units.

As you can see, all three monuments are not just examples of weapons, but military equipment with a rich military history. Bringing glory and respect to Soviet weapons throughout the world. Monuments from the era not only of the Second World War, but also "Cold War", which actually followed immediately after it.

In another aspect, the location of these monuments - tank, gun, plane - can be considered correct. They are, in a way, a memory of those officers who were among the first to join the new type of troops - the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces). At that time we did not yet have special schools for training officers for the Strategic Missile Forces. The basis of the new units were representatives of other branches of the military. It was the military aviation schools in Kharkov and Serpukhov, as well as the artillery school in Rostov, that became the basis for the formation of schools for the new type of troops

And with the advent of the Strategic Missile Forces, as we remember, the slogan was uttered that we do not need planes and tanks, and the guns have outlived their usefulness. The armed forces were sharply reduced. Graduates from the same tank and artillery schools were directly distributed to the Strategic Missile Forces. Yes, and the old emblems of rocket men, as we remember, are precisely artillery ones.

I have a personal relationship with the tank monument. My father served on similar T-54/55 vehicles in the Kantemirovsky division, where this tank was brought from, in the 50s. With the beginning of the formation of the 28th Guards Missile Division, he was sent to serve in Kozelsk. And so, years later, a T-54 from his first tank division stood as a monument in the city where he lived and served.

• Medium tank T-54 and vehicles based on it. NPZh "Equipment and weapons" 10.2008

Chelyabinsk, an industrial city with a million population in the Southern Urals, has experienced many historical events since the first days of its foundation in 1736, and its streets have witnessed multiple changes of eras. Now this is reminded by numerous monuments installed in squares and parks.

The most fabulous

As soon as they get off the train and find themselves at the railway station, city guests can already see some of the monuments of Chelyabinsk. Most likely, what will immediately catch your eye is a majestic bearded figure, reminiscent of both an epic hero and a fairy-tale Santa Claus. This is the monument “The Tale of the Urals”, created based on the work of P. P. Bazhov and installed on the station square in the late 1960s. Currently, the twelve-meter monument is one of the symbols of the city. And the funny resemblance to Santa Claus was noticed by Chelyabinsk social activists, as a result of which a tradition arose of dressing the statue in a giant New Year's caftan for the holiday, which even ended up in the Russian book of records.

Difficult era

There are many monuments on the map of Chelyabinsk dedicated to the 1917 revolution and the civil war that followed it. They exist here along with the streets and squares named after these events. One of them is located near Station Square and perpetuates the memory of the soldiers of the Czechoslovak Corps who fought on the side of the Entente in the First World War and were subsequently caught up in the 1917 revolution. Another, dating back to the same historical era, was installed at the Mitrofanovskoye cemetery. It marks the burial place of the remains of Red Army soldiers. Previously, at the beginning of the 20th century, the mass grave was located on Revolution Square, then it was moved to its current location. Due to its remoteness, the monument is little known to townspeople.

Captured Hero

The famous monument to Eaglet in Chelyabinsk, created through the efforts of sculptor L. N. Golovnitsky and architect E. V. Alexandrov. The monument was erected in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Komsomol organization in 1958. It is dedicated to young revolutionaries and represents the figure of a teenager with his hands tied behind his back, dressed in an oversized overcoat, a hat and heavy boots. Adult military clothing of that time creates an expressive contrast with the half-childish appearance of the young man, conveying the romantic image of a brave and irreconcilable fighter.

Contrary to popular belief, the monument was not at all the “result of inspiration” of its authors by the famous song “Eaglet”, written by Ya. Shvedov and V. Bely. Erected after the end of the Great Patriotic War, the monument perpetuated the memory of all young heroes. The creative prize of the Chelyabinsk region, awarded in 1967-1990 for achievements in the field of art, literature, journalism, architecture, teaching, science and technology, was named in his honor. The Eaglet monument is widely known beyond its borders. Over the years, various social events have taken place near it, as well as informal youth gatherings. Today it is included in the register of “Cultural Heritage of the Russian Federation” and is rightfully considered a remarkable monumental work of the Soviet era.

Available in every city

Another echo of the relatively recent historical past is the monument to Lenin in Chelyabinsk, created in 1959 by sculptors L. Golovnitsky and V. Zaikov. Installed on an unusual granite pedestal in the form of stands (designed by architect E.V. Alexandrov), the 17.5-meter-high bronze monument rises above Revolution Square in the city center.

This monument is one of the most recognizable places in Chelyabinsk. Parades and rallies take place near it, and personal meetings are scheduled. In the fall, an official celebration in honor of the city’s birthday is held on the square opposite the monument, and in the winter there is a children’s theater. Nearby is the Chelyabinsk Drama Theater, as well as the pedestrian Kirovka Street, famous for its sculptures.

Difficult and heroic years

Many monuments in Chelyabinsk are dedicated to the events of 1941-1945. In addition to the traditional eternal flame on the Walk of Fame in the city center, there are various monumental compositions in other areas. For example, the monument to “Defenders of the Fatherland”, which includes a metal-clad pedestal with a bas-relief depicting the head of a soldier, as well as free-standing rectangular columns on which are inscribed the names of Chelyabinsk citizens who died for their homeland.

In other areas of the city, separate monuments to fallen tank crews and pilots were erected. The touching monument “Sister”, dedicated to the feats of women in the war: nurses, signalmen, fighters and intelligence officers, deserves special attention. The work of sculptor A. L. Tishin, depicting a seated young woman in military uniform, was installed in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Victory in a small park on the avenue of the same name. The special value of the monument is that it is one of the few of its kind in Russia.

Another piercingly emotional monument is also dedicated to women, but not those who fought, but those who were waiting for soldiers from the war. The monument “Memory” (“Grieving Mothers”) is located at the Forest Cemetery. It was installed in honor of the 30th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War and represents two female figures holding the helmet of a fallen warrior in their hands. Sculptors L.N. Golovnitsky and E.E. Golovnitskaya, architects Yu.P. Danilov and I.V. Talalai worked on the work.

Many wartime monuments are dedicated to military equipment that participated directly in battles or in These structures are located in several places in the urban area, which during the war was called Tankograd and was one of the strongholds of rear production. Now the monuments in Chelyabinsk dedicated to the IS-3 tank (on Komsomolskaya Square) and the legendary Katyusha artillery installation (in the park near the Kolyushchenko Palace of Culture) remind us of that difficult time.

Internationalist soldiers

Among the military-themed buildings in Chelyabinsk, there was a place for monuments in honor of soldiers who died in battles on foreign soil. These include the monument to “Soldiers of the Undeclared War,” opened in 2009 in the park on the Metallurgists Highway and dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Another monument called “Valiant Sons of the Fatherland” is dedicated to all internationalist soldiers and is located in the city center near the Eternal Flame. The composition created by sculptor V.F. Mitroshin and architect N.N. Semeykin is very interesting: an eagle soaring over a rocky gorge is a symbol of military valor and honor. The monument was erected in 2004.

Monuments in honor of outstanding figures of art and science occupy a special place in the city’s architecture. Among them, one can highlight the monument to Kurchatov, located at the intersection of the central Lenin Avenue and Lesoparkovaya Street. Chelyabinsk celebrated its 250th anniversary in 1986. On this occasion, the city authorities decided to erect a monument to the outstanding nuclear physicist, whose homeland was the town of Sim in the Chelyabinsk region.

The architectural and sculptural composition, the authors of which were the artist V. A. Avakyan, as well as the architects B. V. Petrov, V. L. Glazyrin and I. V. Talalay, is distinguished by the originality of the idea and the complexity of its execution. The statue of the scientist standing on a pedestal reaches a height of 11 meters. It is surrounded on both sides by two pylons, each 27 meters high, on which hemispheres are attached, symbolizing a split atom. And in the evenings, beautiful modern lighting highlights the original monument to Kurchatov against the dark sky. Chelyabinsk is rightfully proud of this building, the place around which has always been a favorite meeting place for students, couples, and athletes. A few steps from the monument there are sports grounds and an indoor athletics complex. Unfortunately, at present it is almost impossible to get close to the monument: since 2014, long-term construction has begun around it. Residents and guests of the city have to admire its beauty from afar.

The most famous poet

Chelyabinsk honors not only outstanding scientists. There is also a monument to Pushkin (of the most classic appearance) in the Ural city. It is located in the city garden named after the great poet. In addition to the monument, there is also a children's playground with colorful wooden sculptures based on the famous fairy tales of the Russian classic. A street, a city garden, a central library and a cinema are named in his honor in Chelyabinsk.

Conclusion

No less interesting than the statues and monuments are the various monuments, the oldest of which date back to the first half of the 19th century. The most famous examples: the trading house of the merchant M. F. Valeev, the store of the Yaushev brothers, a water tower and an elevator. All historical and architectural monuments of Chelyabinsk are associated with different time periods, which makes them valuable from local history and tourist points of view.