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Monuments dedicated to the events of the Great Patriotic War. Ten outstanding memorial complexes in Russia

Few people know that one of the most famous and tallest Soviet sculptures - "The Motherland Calls!", Which was installed in Volgograd on the Mamaev Kurgan, is only the second part of the composition, which consists of three elements at once. This triptych (a work of art, consisting of three parts and united by a common idea) also includes monuments: "Rear - Front", which was installed in Magnitogorsk and "Soldier-Liberator", located in Treptower Park in Berlin. All three sculptures are united by one common element- Sword of Victory.

Two of the three monuments of the triptych - "The Warrior-Liberator" and "The Motherland Calls!" - belong to the hand of one master, monumental sculptor Evgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich, who three times in his work addressed the theme of the sword. The third monument to Vuchetich, which does not belong to this series, was erected in New York in front of the UN headquarters. The composition entitled "Beat Swords into Plowshares" shows us a worker who bends a sword into a plow. The sculpture itself was supposed to symbolize the desire of all people in the world to fight for disarmament and the onset of the triumph of peace on Earth.

The first part of the trilogy "Rear - Front", located in Magnitogorsk, symbolizes Soviet rear, which ensured the country victory in that terrible war. On the sculpture, a worker hands over a sword to a Soviet soldier. It is understood that this is the Sword of Victory, which was forged and raised in the Urals, later it was raised by the "Motherland" in Stalingrad. The city in which there was a radical turning point in the war, and Hitlerite Germany suffered one of her most significant defeats. The third monument in the "Liberator Warrior" series lowers the Sword of Victory in the very lair of the enemy - in Berlin.

The reasons why it was Magnitogorsk that had such an honor is to become the first Russian city, in which a monument to the workers of the rear was erected, should not surprise anyone. According to statistics, every second tank and every third shell during the war years was fired from Magnitogorsk steel. Hence the symbolism of this monument - an employee of a defense plant, standing in the East, hands over a forged sword to a front-line soldier who is sent to the West. Where the trouble came from.

Later, this sword forged in the rear will be carried up in Stalingrad on the Mamayev Kurgan "Motherland". In the place where there was a turning point in the war. And already at the end of the composition "The Liberator Warrior" will lower the sword on the swastika in the very center of Germany, in Berlin, completing the defeat of the fascist regime. A beautiful, laconic and very logical composition that unites the three most famous Soviet monuments dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.

Despite the fact that the Sword of Victory began its journey in the Urals and finished it in Berlin, the monuments of the triptych were built in the reverse order. So the monument "Soldier-Liberator" was erected in Berlin in the spring of 1949, the construction of the monument "Motherland Calls!" ended in the fall of 1967. And the first monument of the series "Rear - Front" was ready only in the summer of 1979.

"Rear - to the front"

Monument "Rear - Front"

The authors of this monument are the sculptor Lev Golovnitsky and the architect Yakov Belopolsky. Two main materials were used to create the monument - granite and bronze. The height of the monument is 15 meters, while outwardly it looks much more impressive. This effect is created by the fact that the monument is located on a high hill. central part monument is a composition that consists of two figures: a worker and a soldier. The worker is oriented to the east (in the direction where the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works was located), and the warrior looks to the west. Where the main fighting during the Great Patriotic War. The rest of the monument in Magnitogorsk is an eternal flame, which was made in the form of a star-flower made of granite.

An artificial hill was erected on the bank of the river for the installation of the monument, the height of which was 18 meters (the base of the hill was specially reinforced with reinforced concrete piles so that it could withstand the weight of the installed monument and did not collapse over time). The monument was made in Leningrad, and in 1979 it was installed on the spot. The monument was also supplemented with two trapezoids as tall as a man, on which the names of residents of Magnitogorsk, who received the title of Hero during the war, were listed. Soviet Union... In 2005, another part of the monument was opened. This time, the composition was supplemented with two triangles, on which you can read the names of all residents of Magnitogorsk who died during the hostilities in 1941-1945 (just over 14 thousand names are listed).

"Rear - to the front"

Monument "Motherland Calls!"

Monument "Motherland Calls!" is located in the city of Volgograd and is the compositional center of the monument-ensemble "Heroes Battle of Stalingrad", Which is located on the Mamaev Kurgan. This statue is considered one of the tallest on the planet. Today it is ranked 11th in the Guinness Book of Records. At night, the monument is effectively illuminated by spotlights. This sculpture was created by the sculptor E.V. Vuchetich and engineer N.V. Nikitin. The sculpture on the Mamayev Kurgan represents the figure of a woman who stands with a sword raised up. This monument is a collective allegorical image of the Motherland, which calls on everyone to unite in order to defeat the enemy.

Drawing some analogy, one can compare the statue "The Motherland Calls!" with the ancient goddess of victory Nika of Samothrace, who also called on her children to repel the forces of the invaders. Subsequently, the silhouette of the sculpture "The Motherland Calls!" was placed on the coat of arms and flag of the Volgograd region. It should be noted that the peak for the construction of the monument was created artificially. Before highest point Mamaev Kurgan in Volgograd was a territory that was located 200 meters from the current peak. Currently, there is the Church of All Saints.

"The Motherland Calls!"

The creation of the monument in Volgograd, excluding the pedestal, took 2,400 tons of metal structures and 5,500 tons of concrete. At the same time, the total height of the sculptural composition was 85 meters (according to other sources, 87 meters). Before starting the construction of the monument, a foundation was dug on the Mamayev Kurgan for a statue 16 meters deep, and a two-meter slab was installed on this foundation. The height of the 8000-ton statue itself was 52 meters. In order to provide the necessary rigidity of the frame of the statue, 99 metal cables were used, which are in constant tension. The thickness of the walls of the monument, made of reinforced concrete, does not exceed 30 cm, the inner surface of the monument consists of separate chambers that resemble the structures of a residential building.

The original 33-meter sword, which weighed 14 tons, was made of stainless steel with a titanium sheath. But the huge size of the statue led to strong swinging of the sword, especially in windy weather. As a result of such influences, the structure gradually deformed, the sheets of titanium cladding began to shift, and when the structure swayed, an unpleasant metallic rattle appeared. To eliminate this phenomenon, the reconstruction of the monument was organized in 1972. During the work, the blade of the sword was replaced with another, which was made of fluorinated steel, with holes made in the upper part, which were supposed to reduce the effect of the windage of the structure.

"The Motherland Calls!"

Once the chief sculptor of the monument, Yevgeny Vuchetich, told Andrei Sakharov about his most famous sculpture "The Motherland Calls!" “My bosses often asked me why a woman’s mouth was open, it’s ugly,” Vuchetich said. The famous sculptor answered this question: "And she shouts - for the Motherland ... your mother!"

Monument "Warrior-Liberator"

May 8, 1949 on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the victory over fascist Germany in Berlin, a grand opening of a monument to Soviet soldiers who died during the storming of the German capital took place. The Liberator Warrior monument was erected in Berlin's Treptower Park. Its sculptor was E.V. Vuchetich, and the architect was Y.B. Belopolsky. The monument was opened on May 8, 1949, the height of the warrior's sculpture itself was 12 meters, its weight is 70 tons. This monument has become a symbol of victory Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War, he also personifies the liberation of all European peoples from fascism.

The sculpture of a soldier with a total weight of about 70 tons was produced in the spring of 1949 in Leningrad at the Monumental Sculpture plant; it consisted of 6 parts, which were then transported to Germany. Work on the creation of a memorial complex in Berlin was completed in May 1949. On May 8, 1949, the memorial was solemnly opened by the Soviet commandant of Berlin, Major General A.G. Kotikov. In September 1949, all responsibilities for the care and maintenance of the monument were transferred by the Soviet military commandant's office to the magistrate of Greater Berlin.

"Warrior-Liberator"

The center of the Berlin composition is a bronze figure of a Soviet soldier standing on the wreckage of a fascist swastika. In one hand he holds a lowered sword, and with the other hand he supports the saved German girl. It is assumed that the prototype for this sculpture was a real Soviet soldier Nikolai Maslov, a native of the village of Voznesenka, Tisulsky district, Kemerovo region. During the storming of the German capital in April 1945, he saved a German girl. Vuchetich himself created the Warrior - Liberator monument from the Soviet paratrooper Ivan Odarenko from Tambov. And for the girl, 3-year-old Svetlana Kotikova, who was the daughter of the commandant of the Soviet sector of Berlin, posed for the sculpture. It is curious that in the sketch of the monument the soldier was holding an automatic rifle in his free hand, but at the suggestion of Stalin, the sculptor Vuchetich replaced the automatic rifle with a sword.

The monument, like all three monuments of the triptych, is located on a bulk mound, a staircase leads to the pedestal. There is a round hall inside the pedestal. Its walls were decorated with mosaic panels (by the artist A.V. Gorpenko). The panel depicted representatives of various peoples, including peoples Central Asia and the Caucasus who lay wreaths on the grave Soviet soldiers... Over their heads in Russian and German it is written: “Nowadays everyone recognizes that the Soviet people by their selfless struggle saved the civilization of Europe from the fascist pogromists. This is the great merit of the Soviet people to humanity. " In the center of the hall was a cube-shaped pedestal, made of black polished stone, on which a gold box with a parchment book in a red morocco binding was installed. This book contains the names of the heroes who died in the battles for the German capital and were buried in mass graves. The dome of the hall was decorated with a chandelier with a diameter of 2.5 meters, which is made of crystal and rubies, the chandelier reproduces the Order of Victory.

"Warrior-Liberator"

In the fall of 2003, the sculpture "Liberator Warrior" was dismantled and sent for restoration work. In the spring of 2004, the restored monument returned to its rightful place. Today this complex is the center of commemorative celebrations.

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There is a hero-city in Moscow great amount memorable places, memorials and monuments dedicated to the events of the Great Patriotic War and the heroes who valiantly defended the Motherland at the cost of their lives. Some of the monuments are located within the Moscow region, where the capital's defense line passed.

1. Memorial complex on the Square of Courage in Izmailovsky Park

It was here in July 1942 that the Moscow Komsomol 85th Guards Mortar Regiment "Katyusha" was formed from volunteer Komsomol members, as the inscription on the pedestal says. The complex has an eternal flame, monuments and the famous "Katyusha".
Address: Izmailovsky Park

2. Monument to the defenders of Moscow "Jerzy"

Volumetric metal structures, which today stand at the 23rd kilometer of the Leningradskoe highway in Khimki, are one of the most recognizable symbols of the defense of Moscow and the Moscow region during the war. Anti-tank hedgehogs, for the manufacture of which they used beams intended for the construction of the Palace of Soviets, were one of the simplest and most effective defensive means.
Address: Khimki, Leningradskoe highway, 23 km

3. Monument to Georgy Zhukov

The monument to the four times Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov was erected on Manezhnaya Square on May 8, 1995 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Victory. The sculpture, made in the style of socialist realism, was created by the sculptor Vyacheslav Klykov.
Address: Manezhnaya Square

4. Victory Monument on Poklonnaya Hill

The tallest monument in Russia, the center of Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora, has a height of 141.8 meters for a reason: every 10 centimeters of the obelisk symbolizes one day of war. The triangular bayonet is for the most part covered with bronze bas-reliefs, and at 104 meters a 25-ton bronze sculptural group is attached to the obelisk, depicting the goddess of victory Nika, carrying a crown, and two cupids trumpeting victory.
Address: Victory Square, 3

5. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin walls

Initially, the memorial architectural ensemble was conceived as a monument to the defenders of Moscow, but in fact it became the main memorial to all the soldiers of the Great Patriotic War. On the slab in front of the tombstone, the inscription "Your name is unknown, your feat is immortal" is carved, from a bronze five-pointed star in the center, the Eternal Flame of Glory burns. Nearby is a granite alley with the names of hero cities: Leningrad, Kiev, Stalingrad, Odessa, Sevastopol, Minsk, Kerch, Novorossiysk, Brest Fortress, Tula, Murmansk, Smolensk, Moscow. Each block contains capsules containing the soil of these cities.
Address: Alexander Garden

6. Memorable signs-pillboxes on the front line of defense

The memorial stone was installed next to the bunker, where in 1941 were prepared defensive fortifications against enemy troops.
Address: st. Obrucheva, 27

7. Obelisk "Moscow - Hero City"

The forty-meter four-sided obelisk "Moscow - Hero City" made of gray granite was opened on May 9, 1977 to celebrate the 32nd anniversary of the Victory. The monument is crowned with a gilded star repeating the shape of the star of the Hero of the Soviet Union.
Address: Drogomilovskaya Zastava Square

8. Federal War Memorial Cemetery

The cemetery was founded several years ago. Today, there are few burials here, but according to plans, the pantheon will be the main cemetery in Russia for the next 200 years. On its territory there will be burials of servicemen and other citizens who died during the defense of the Fatherland, including the remains of unknown soldiers of the Second World War.
Address: Moscow region, Mytishchi district, village Sgonniki

9. Monument to the Militia of the Proletarsky District

The monument on Avtozavodskaya Street was erected on May 6, 1980 in honor of the 35th anniversary of the Victory. The banner depicts a high-relief group of soldiers and militias.
Address: Avtozavodskaya square

10. Memorial to the Heroes of Panfilov

Memorial to soldiers from the rifle division under Major General Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov, who participated in the defense of Moscow in 1941. During a 4-hour battle in the area of the Dubosekovo junction, the wars destroyed 18 enemy tanks, after which they died.
Address: st. Heroes Panfilovtsev

It was here in July 1942 that the Moscow Komsomol 85th Guards Mortar Regiment "Katyusha" was formed from volunteer Komsomol members, as the inscription on the pedestal says. On the territory of the complex there are: an eternal flame, an 85-mm anti-aircraft gun 52-K, a BM-13 Katyusha multiple launch rocket system, a T-34/85 tank, a monument to Izmailovsky Park workers who died in the war, as well as 6 commemorative steles in memory of those who fought in the Great Patriotic War.

Izmailovsky park

Volumetric metal structures, which today stand at the 23rd kilometer of the Leningradskoe highway in Khimki, are one of the most recognizable symbols of the defense of Moscow and the Moscow region during the war. Anti-tank hedgehogs, for their manufacture they used beams intended for the construction of the Palace of Soviets, were one of the simplest and most effective defensive means.

Khimki, Leningradskoe highway, 23 km

Manezhnaya square

Victory Square, 3

Initially, the memorial architectural ensemble was conceived as a monument to the defenders of Moscow, but in fact it became the main memorial to all the soldiers of the Great Patriotic War.

The main element of the memorial is a tombstone with a battle banner, a soldier's helmet and a laurel branch. On the slab in front of the tombstone, the inscription "Your name is unknown, your feat is immortal" is carved, from a bronze five-pointed star in the center, the Eternal Flame of Glory burns. To the left of the grave is a wall of Shoksha crimson quartzite; on the right - a granite alley with blocks of dark red porphyry.

The blocks bear the names of the hero cities: Leningrad, Kiev, Stalingrad, Odessa, Sevastopol, Minsk, Kerch, Novorossiysk, Brest Fortress, Tula, Murmansk, Smolensk, Moscow. Each block contains capsules containing the soil of these cities.

Alexander Garden

The memorial stone was installed next to the bunker, where defensive fortifications against enemy troops were prepared in 1941.

St. Obrucheva, 27

Drogomilovskaya outpost area

The cemetery was founded in 2013. Today there are 14 burials here. According to the plans, the pantheon will be the main cemetery of Russia for the next 200 years, and about 40 thousand graves of military personnel and other citizens will be placed on its territory. Russian Federation killed in the defense of the Fatherland. The territory of the cemetery is 55 hectares.

Moscow region, Mytishchi district, village Sgonniki

The monument on Avtozavodskaya Street was erected on May 6, 1980 in honor of the 35th anniversary of the Victory. The banner depicts a high-relief group of soldiers and militias.

Avtozavodskaya square

st. Heroes Panfilovtsev

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Memorial of Glory.
(Orsk)
The Glory Memorial is located in the Leninsky District on Victory Square near Prospect Mira.
Opened May 9, 1965. In 1967, the Eternal Flame was lit. The memorial was erected at the mass grave of soldiers Soviet army who died during the Great Patriotic War in Orsk hospitals (1941-1945). On April 27, 1965, the remains of 216 soldiers were reburied from the closed city cemetery at the site of the future memorial in 12 urns. Initially, a block of unpolished Orsk variegated jasper and a bronze plaque was installed, on which the monument was depicted in relief Soviet soldier in Berlin's Treptower Park. A bowl with an eternal flame was set in front of the stone. The entire structure was located on a concrete pedestal. The authors of the monument are Orsk architects E.Ya. Markov, B.G. Zavodovsky, A.N. Silin. In 1975 the monument was reconstructed: mass grave was faced with polished red Orsk jasper.
In its center is the Eternal Flame, over which a bronze wreath of Glory hangs. Behind the grave there is a wall of black stone with an inscription "Motherland! The Russian land, irrigated with the blood of its soldiers, honors their memory forever"... They were eating behind the wall. Authors - Orsk architects P.P. Priymak, G.I. Sokolov, V.N. Yakimov. During the reconstruction of the memorial in 1988, the lining of the military grave was replaced with a green-black coil, marble slabs with the names of soldiers who died in Orsk hospitals, Orcs who died on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, and those who died in Afghanistan were installed around the memorial.
The black stone inscription has been transferred to white marble slabs in the center of the memorial.
In 1995, additional memorial pylons were installed with the names of the Orcs, who died in 1941-1945, in Afghan war 1979-1989, in the hot spots of Russia (North Caucasus) in the 1990s.
In April - August 2000, the park of Glory was reconstructed, a second line of pylons was installed, where more than 8000 names of the Orcs who died in hostilities were added. The main part of the memorial complex is equipped with lawns, flower beds and plantings of deciduous and coniferous trees.
On May 8, 2008, on the eve of Victory Day, the Alley of Heroes was opened on the territory of the Glory Square. The memorial is changing its appearance for the fourth time, it is getting better and more significant.
The idea of this project appeared in the eighties of the last century. Then, taking into account the wishes of the war veterans, the chief artist of Orsk P. Priymak worked on a project for the reconstruction of the park and planned to open the Alley of Heroes. But nine bronze busts of Heroes of the Soviet Union and two Heroes of Russia were installed only now, thanks to the decision of the current head of the city.
Preparations for the implementation of the alley project began in 2008, when the necessary photographic materials were sent to Chelyabinsk. The busts of the Orchan-heroes were sculpted by a creative group of Chelyabinsk sculptors under the leadership of the chairman of the Chelyabinsk branch of the Union of Artists of Russia E. Vargota. The professionals managed to convey not only the external similarity of the defenders of the Motherland, but also their character. As the sculptors themselves assure, the images were created based on the personal history of each hero. Bronze busts weighing about 2 tons each were installed on granite pedestals by specialists from MUP "Requiem".
On the pylons, erected on both sides of the alley, are placed the names of the heroes of the Orsk land, who won the Victory and defended the freedom of not only Russians, but also other peoples.

Literature

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There is no family in Russia where you will not be told about the tragic loss of a loved one during the Great Patriotic War. We owe those events not only terrible losses, but also an unprecedented rise in the people's consciousness. Grief and suffering have always made people sensitive to injustice. Remember the films of the post-war years - Hollywood with its exorbitant budgets will never come close to those masterpieces with their truthfulness and nobility.

The way in which the country lying in ruins rose from its knees in a matter of years instilled justified fear in geopolitical enemies, and respect and admiration for friends in the socialist camp. History has not preserved such collective feats. And every testimony of those years, every monument of the Great Patriotic War revives the genetic memory of those who are not indifferent, forcing a noble, as in a song, rage boil at the sight of insolent adversaries trying to belittle the contribution of the Russian people to the victory over world evil.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

The legendary Eternal Flame, sung in hundreds of creations, burning in the Alexander Garden, personifies all those millions of nameless lives thrown into this symbolic flame of war. And the fact that this is the most famous of all memorials, that it is located in the heart of the country, that modern heroes are on guard around the clock, speaks of the importance of the sacrifice and the gratitude of the survivors.

And how many feelings a short inscription evokes - “ Your name unknown, your feat is immortal. " When you read these words, everything inside freezes - this heart responds, recalling the great grief, feelings freeze, presenting the scale of the tragedy, and the imagination draws pictures of burned villages and roads lined with bodies - the corpses of those whose names will never be recognized. Monuments dedicated to the Great Patriotic War act like this on all descendants of those terrible days. That is why it is hard to look at the bloody events in fraternal Ukraine and at all the unjust conflicts in the world, of which there are frighteningly many.

Mamaev Kurgan - a monumental monument to the Great Patriotic War

Height 102 - this is how those who shed blood on the Stalingrad front remember this strategic point on the officer's tablet. Named at no less difficult times, Mamayev Kurgan, even during the invasion of the Tatars, served as a stronghold for the defenders native land... And as if created to be a stronghold of defense, the mound confirmed its vocation during the years of a new invasion of evil spirits.

The dry military language, along with the thunder of the cannons, is a thing of the past, and Hill 102 became the Mound of Glory. Why do modern monuments dedicated to the Great Patriotic War not evoke the awe and awe that captures when looking at the creations of the period of the country's recovery from the fascist invasion? Probably need to get over it historical event, with his pain, death and inevitability, to be able to convey the significance of war and the phenomenon of universal unification.

Motherland

The central figure on the Mamayev Kurgan is the colossal figure of the mother, leading the sons and daughters of the war into battle. Something less grandiose would not be worthy of serving as a reminder of more than half a year's battle and 34.5 thousand fallen. This monument of the Great Patriotic War reaches 85 m in height, and its weight ranges from 8 thousand tons. But it is not only the scale of the architecture that makes it respectfully freeze at a height of 102. Something in the faces and figures of the statues does not allow raising the voice, and thoughts cannot routinely sort out domestic problems - unusual thoughts about heroism and self-sacrifice come to mind.

Tribute to the fallen at the Kursk Bulge

And although it is difficult to create a monument in the same way as an artist who passed through the battlefields will do, this does not mean that one should forget about new creations that glorify the feats of the fathers. Especially when it comes to such an event as the battle on the Kursk Bulge. For a month and a half in the bloody 1943, Russia and Ukraine jointly fought for survival in the Kursk region. By the number of incredible losses, the command managed to turn the enemy to flight.

And do not listen to those who talk about the unpreparedness of the generals and that so many casualties could have been avoided. We opposed superior, well-trained units, with the best equipment and weapons. We were stealthily attacked, stabbed in the back, and we single-handedly dealt with the monster. Nobody has the right to judge us as long as we remember and build new monuments to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War.

Despite strange attempts to distort history and whitewash Nazism, we remember the heroes and build them new monuments of the Great Patriotic War. Children and adults, all who follow us, will be left with a majestic arch crowned with the figure of St. George the Victorious. Together with the statue of Zhukov and the grave of the unknown soldier of the Kursk land, it will keep the victims of the victors in the hearts of their children for hundreds of years.

Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill

No matter how scolded our memory of the war years, there are countless monuments of those times in Russia. Although I would like more such outstanding ones as Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow. This monument of the Great Patriotic War occupies 135 hectares, including a museum dedicated to the exploits of soldiers, the Victory Monument and three churches. The main attraction is an obelisk 141.8 m high. This figure has a sacred meaning - the most terrible and bloody war in history lasted for 1481 days. The obelisk is accompanied by figures of Nika - the goddess of victory and George the Victorious by the hand of Z. Tsereteli.

Marshal Pokryshkin

The rich history of monuments to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War has hundreds of figures and busts dedicated to specific individuals who contributed to the cause of victory. One of them is a bust of three times Hero of the Soviet Union, Air Marshal Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin, installed in his homeland - in Novosibirsk. Having started the war as a young lieutenant, on August 19, 1944, Pokryshkin becomes the country's first three-time hero.

Monument to Zhukov in Moscow

The most famous and many times imprinted in stone commander was the unyielding Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov. Marshal of the Soviet Union, four times war hero and holder of two Orders of Victory, he was not just a commander - the soldiers called him Batya. He could live in trenches with ordinary soldiers, steadfastly, as in the charter, enduring all the hardships. Like no one, often to the detriment of their convenience, he cared for the rank and file, which often aroused the dissatisfaction of the officers.

The Great Patriotic War monument dedicated to Zhukov can be found in almost every city in Russia. Is this not evidence of his merits and people's respect? But the most impressive and famous one is located on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow. This is the majestic figure of the hand of the master Klykov. It is not surprising that such a person as Zhukov was honored that so often the name of the monuments of the Great Patriotic War contains this legendary surname.

Is it worth remembering

The history of the monuments of the Great Patriotic War makes a map of the losses and sufferings of mankind. Wars have always been a daily occurrence for a person, and the fact that today only those countries are safe that can atomic weapons guaranteed to erase the enemy from the map, says that the world is a myth. They quickly get used to good things. But, as history testifies, war is necessary for development - the largest ups in the development of nations occur during times of greatest tension. And countless monuments to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War serve best to reminder and warning.