Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten) | |
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Soviet Union/Russia | |
For Soviet war dead of the Battle of Berlin | |
Unveiled | 11 November 1945 |
Location | 52°31′00″N 13°22′20″E / 52.51667°N 13.37222°E Berlin |
Designed by | Mikhail Gorvits |
Commemorated | 2,000 |
Вечная слава героям павшим в боях с немецко фашистскими захватчиками за свободу и независимость Советского Союза Eternal glory to heroes who fell in battle with the German fascist invaders for the freedom and independence of the Soviet Union |
The Soviet War Memorial (German: Sowjetisches Kriegerdenkmal) is one of several war memorials in Berlin, the capital city of Germany, erected by the Soviet Union to commemorate its war dead, particularly the 80,000 soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces who died during the Battle of Berlin in April and May 1945.[1]
The memorial is located in the Großer Tiergarten, a large public park to the west of the city centre, on the north side of the east–west Straße des 17. Juni (17 June Street) in the Tiergarten locality.