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The memorial depicts cranes in flight, a reference to a popular Russian-language song by Rasul Gamzatov. A refrain from the song is shown in both English and Russian. A granite slab bares the inscription "dedicated in honor of and in tribute to the World War II veterans from the former Soviet Union" in English.
Katyn war cemetery; Khimki War Memorial; Leningrad Hero City Obelisk; Liberty Statue (Budapest) Mamayev Kurgan; Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics; Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists; Memorial to the Victims of the Deportation of 1944; Monument to the Conquerors of Space
The Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders, [a] unofficially known simply as the Victory Monument, [b] [c] was a memorial complex in Victory Park, Pārdaugava, Riga, Latvia, erected in 1985 to commemorate the Red Army soldiers that recaptured Riga and the rest of Latvia at the end of World War II (1944–1945).
The Soviet War Memorial in Berlin's Treptower Park, designed by Yevgeny Vuchetich and Yakov Belopolsky. The Battle of Stalingrad was a major conflict between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front of World War II, fought over six months from July 1942 to February 1943. [1]
Aerial view of the memorial with honor guards, West Berlin, 1983. The memorial was built from stonework taken from the destroyed Reich Chancellery.Built in a style similar to other Soviet World War II monuments that were once found all over the former Eastern Bloc, the memorial takes the form of a curved stoa topped by a large statue of a Soviet soldier.
Memorial of Glory (Tiraspol) Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists; Memorial to the Soviet Internationalist Soldier; Monument to Soviet Tank Crews; Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders; The Motherland Calls; Mound of Glory; Mound of Immortality
(To donate, can call Young at 772-321-2692, send a check to World War II Memorial, 1216 21st St., Suite 1, Vero Beach, FL 32960, or pay online via the Cultural Council of Indian River County ...
Memorial to the Victims of Fascism (Shakhty) Memorials of the Great Patriotic War in Aksay region; Anchor Monument (Matveev Kurgan) Motherland Monument (Matveev Kurgan) Monument of Glory, Samara; Monument to the heroes of Perekop; Monument to the sailors of the Azov Flotilla; The Motherland Calls