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37 m. Completion date. 1954, removed in 2023. The Monument to the Soviet Army (Bulgarian: Паметник на Съветската армия, Pametnik na Savetskata armiya) is a partially dismantled monument located in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. There is a large park around the statue and the surrounding areas. It is a popular place ...
The memorial commemorates Soviet casualties incurred during the Germany occupation of Bulgaria (which had been an Axis ally) in World War II. It was installed in 1954-57. [1] "Alyosha" is also the name of Konstantin Vanshenkin and Eduard Kolmanovski's song that was adopted as Plovdiv's official anthem until 1989. [2]
As a consequence of World War II, the Soviet Union invaded Bulgaria and a Communist regime was installed in 1946 with Georgi Dimitrov at the helm. The monarchy was abolished in 1946 and the tsar sent into exile. The People's Republic of Bulgaria was established, lasting until 1990. The Red Army remained in occupation of Bulgaria until 1947.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Kyiv. Hero City monument, Kyiv (modified in 2023) Afghanistan War Memorial, Kyiv. Nikolai Vatutin monument, Kyiv (removed in 2023) Monument to the Liberator Soldier, Kharkiv (destroyed in 2022) Monument to the Unknown Sailor, Odesa. Monument to Soldiers Liberators, Chernihiv. To Donbas Liberators, Donetsk.
Bulgarian partisans enter Sofia on 9 September. Bulgaria was in a precarious situation, still in the sphere of Nazi Germany's influence (as a former member of the Axis powers, with German troops in the country despite the declared Bulgarian neutrality 15 days earlier), but under threat of war with the leading military power of that time, the Soviet Union (the USSR had declared war on the ...
Bulgarian partisan at a triumphal arch, 1944 Monument to the Bulgarian partisans in Tran, Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Resistance (Bulgarian: Партизанско движение в България, romanized: Partizansko dvizhenie v Bǎlgariya, lit. 'Partisan movement in Bulgaria') was part of the anti-Axis resistance during World War II.
A destroyed Red Army T-34-85 tank in Belgrade (Palace Albanija in the background) Red Army soldiers and Yugoslav partisans displaying the flags of their countries in Belgrade, 20 October 1944. The 4th Guards Mechanized Corps of the Red Army broke through the enemy resistance south of Belgrade on 14 October, and approached the city.
The Motherland Calls (Russian: Родина-мать зовёт!, romanised: Rodina-mat' zovyot!) is a colossal neoclassicist and socialist realist war memorial sculpture on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia. Designed primarily by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich with assistance from architect Yakov Belopolsky, the concrete sculpture commemorates ...