Minsk Hero City Obelisk

Minsk Hero City Obelisk
The Obelisk in 2016
Map
LocationVictors Avenue 8, Minsk, Belarus
Height45 metres (147.6 feet)
Opening date1985

Minsk Hero City Obelisk is a 45 meters tall monument in the shape of an obelisk located on Victors Avenue in Minsk, Belarus. The Obelisk is dedicated to the fact that Minsk was declared a Hero City on 26 June 1974 for its people's bravery during the Nazi occupation that lasted for 1,100 days.[1] The Obelisk was opened in 1985, commemorating the 40th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War.[2]

  1. ^ "Great Patriotic War monuments in Belarus | Belarus.by". www.belarus.by. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  2. ^ "Стела Минск город-герой. Обелиск в честь 40-летия победы". poshyk.info (in Russian). 2015-11-08. Retrieved 2018-06-28.