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Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad

Category: Monuments + Museums + Sightseeing + Tours

Ploshchad' Pobedy, Moskovskii Prospekt, St Petersburg

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St. Petersburg Travel Guide - Sightseeing
On May 23, 1909 the controversial monument to Alexander III was opened in the center of present day Ploshchad Vosstaniya. It depicted a very stout bronze figure of the counter-reformist and unpopular Russian Tsar combined with a very heavy horse on a pedestal. The monument was hardly opened when it ...
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The Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad
Their plan called for a parade-like entry or gateway into the Hero City from the south, from the Soviet capital Moscow and Pulkovo Airport, at the approximate point where the city's defensive lines held back the Nazis in World War II. It also focused on the aesthetic pattern and unique architectural...
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The Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad in St. Petersburg, Russia
. The inside of the ring is lit with gas torches and its walls feature engravings celebrating the incredible courage shown by the defenders of Leningrad. Inside the monument, in a vast underground memorial hall, there is an exhibition devoted to the Siege. An English-speaking guide is usually availa...
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Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad Photo Gallery by Sander Admiraal at pbase.com
This powerful and impressive monument was built as the focal point of Ploshchad Pobedy (Victory Square) in the early 1970s to commemorate the heroic efforts of the residents of Leningrad and the soldiers on the Leningrad Front to the repel the Nazis in the 900-day Siege of Leningrad during World War...
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