Victory Park is a large memorial complex dedicated to the victory in the Great Patriotic War. It is often called the Poklonnaya Hill - by the name of the historic area, in which the park is located. In the Victory Park, folk festivities are held on holidays, flowers are brought to the memorial by the newlyweds, and the citizens and guests of the capital are hurrying here to simply stroll, roll on bicycles and look at the fountains.
How to get here
In the Moscow metro there is the same station "Park Pobedy", it's easy to navigate after exiting the subway - the 140-meter stela is visible from afar.
By car you can drive up to both the main and the western entrance to the park. Focus on the address st. General Yermolov, 4 and Minskaya Street, possession of 2A respectively.
| Evening worship mountain |
A bit of history
For the first time the proposal to create a monument to the people's feat was voiced by the architect Chernikhov during the Great Patriotic War .However, during the war this idea was not realized .The first memorial element was installed in 1958 - it was a granite sign with the inscription "A monument to the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 will be built here" .Around the mark the park was parked and given it the official name of Victory Park .The memorial complex itself began to be built already at the time of Brezhnev .The official opening took place on May 9, 1995 .
The architectural ensemble of the park consists of the museum of the Second World War, religious memorials, as well as monuments and monuments, the newest of which was opened in 2010. Initially, it was assumed that the monument "In the fight against fascism we were together" will be an exact copy of the memorial from Kutaisi (Georgia), which was blown up in 2009, but these plans did not materialize.
Museum of the Great Patriotic War
The Museum of the Great Patriotic War is the main object of the whole complex. Here in the "Memory Book" section there are almost 1500 volumes of the Books of Memory, in which the names of the fallen soldiers are inscribed. Six dioramas in the museum's exposition are devoted to the main strategic operations of the Great Patriotic War. Hall of Fame, Hall of Commanders, Hall of Remembrance and Sorrow - they are all designed to perpetuate the memory of the tragic events in the history of our country.
The museum's fund has a large number of unique items and elements of military equipment and equipment, documentary materials, as well as photographs and pieces of fine art dedicated to the Great Patriotic War. The original and copies of the documents telling about the joint victory in World War II, the USA and other allies of the USSR, as well as many documents of the enemy, help to restore the sad picture of the events of the war.
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The main avenue is decorated with 1418 fountains - for so many days the war lasted - located on five water terraces - each of them personifies the year of hostilities.
In the center of Victory Park there is a stele in height 141, 8 meters (the number is already familiar to our readers). At the top of it is a statue of the goddess Nicky. At the foot of the obelisk there is a sculpture of St. George the Victorious, striking with a serpent's spear.
| Flower clock |
| Triumphal gates |
| Church of St. George the Victorious |
| Stela in Victory Park |
| Memorial of the Great Patriotic War |
| Halls of the Museum of the Great Patriotic War |
| Posters of the museum of the Great Patriotic War |
| Hall of Sorrow and Remembrance in the Museum of the Second World War |