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Ñountry: Russia
Locality: Moscow
Nearest metro station: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Established: 1967
Sculptor: Nikolai Tomsky
Architect: D. I. Burdin, V. A. Klimov, Yu. R. Rabayev
The tomb of the Unknown Soldier it is main memorial complex of Russia. It is located next to the Moscow Kremlin in the Alexander Garden. The memorial is big it begins almost next to the metro station Aleksandrovsky Sad and located along the Alexander Garden till the exit on the Manezhnaya Square next to the main entry to the Red square and the monument to the marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov.
The main part of the memorial it is tomb of the Unknown Soldier. There is a military banner from the bronze on the top of the tomb. There is a soldier’s helmet and laurel branch also from the bronze on the banner. In front of the tomb there is the Eternal flame it has shape of the five-pointed star. In front of the Eternal flame there is a memorial inscription “Your name is unknown, your deed is immortal”.
To the left of the tomb is a stele with the memorial inscription “1941 Those Who Have Fallen for the Motherland 1945”. To the right of the tomb are dark red porphyry blocks with incapsulated soils from hero cities.
The memorial complex was established in 1967 in honor of the 25th anniversary of the battle next to the Moscow in 1941 against the Nazi armies. A burial urn was moved from the Mass grave next to the Moscow.
Every year in day celebrate the victory in Second World War everybody brings a flowers to the memorial of the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Go to metro station Aleksandrovsky Sad end exit to Aleksandrovsky Sad. Turn left and go along the Moscow’s Kremlin wall till the upthrust where you will see this great memorial of the victory.
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