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Leningrad Hero City Obelisk (Russian: Обелиск «Городу-герою Ленинграду») is a monument in the shape of an obelisk located in Vosstaniya Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which was known as Leningrad from 1924 to
Hero City [a] is a Soviet honorary title awarded for outstanding heroism during World War II (the Eastern Front is known in most countries of the former Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War). [1] It was awarded to twelve cities of the Soviet Union, [2] today located in Belarus (1 city), Russia (7 cities), and Ukraine (4 cities).
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; Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders
Chesma Obelisk: Gatchina: Russia: ... Leningrad Hero City Obelisk: Vosstaniya Square, Saint Petersburg: Russia: 36 118: 1985 Minsk Hero City Obelisk ...
The Leningrad Hero-City Obelisk was erected on the spot of the former Alexander III monument in 1985 in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Russian Victory Day. The obelisk received mixed reviews, as its design and style did not match that of the neo-classic square. [2]
Pages in category "Obelisks in Russia" ... Leningrad Hero City Obelisk; M. Monument to the Conquerors of Space; O. Obelisk of Glory (Tolyatti) R. Rumyantsev Obelisk
The Leningrad Hero City Obelisk. Alexander Column; Bronze Horseman; Chesme Column; Column of Glory; Green Belt of Glory; Leningrad Hero City Obelisk; Monument to the Fighters of the Revolution; Monument to Nicholas I; Monument to Nizami Ganjavi in Saint Petersburg; Monument to Peter I (Peter and Paul Fortress) Monument to Peter I (St. Michael's ...
The Hero City monument (officially, the Obelisk in honor of the hero city of Kyiv, Ukrainian: Обеліск на честь міста-героя Києва) is a World War II memorial in Halytska Square in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is a 30 m-tall (98 ft) obelisk that was erected in 1982, during the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.