Leningrad Hero City Obelisk

Local nameОбелиск «Городу-Герою Ленинграду»
LocationPeski, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Leningrad Hero City Obelisk 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 1991. It was installed on Victory Day of May 1985 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Red Army's victory in the German-Soviet War. The monument was designed by architects Vladimir Lukyanov and A. I. Alymov.The Hero-City Obelisk is pentahedral in shape; its cross section has the shape of a star. In its lower part, the Obelisk is encircled with a bronze wreath covering the joint of the two monoliths. The monument is decorated with bronze high reliefs devoted to the heroic defence of Leningrad while a gold star shines on its top. After the Alexander Column, it is the highest stone monument in Saint Petersburg.

When Soviet forces eventually lifted the siege in January 1944, over one million inhabitants of Leningrad had died from starvation, exposure and German shelling. 300,000 soldiers had perished in the…

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad_Hero_City_Obelisk

Address Восстания площадь, Санкт-Петербург 191036, Russia

Coordinates 59°55'51.371" N 30°21'42.574" E

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