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Soviet War Memorial | |
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Heldendenkmal der Roten Armee | |
Soviet Union | |
For Soviet war dead of the Vienna offensive | |
Unveiled | August 19, 1945 |
Location | 48°11′53.27″N 16°22′34.21″E / 48.1981306°N 16.3761694°E |
Designed by | S. G. Yakovlev |
Commemorated | 17,000 |
Вечная слава героям Красной Армии, павшим в боях с немецко-фашистскими захватчиками за свободу и независимость народов Европы Eternal glory to the heroes of the Red Army, who fell in battle with the German fascist invaders for the freedom and independence of the peoples of Europe |
The Soviet War Memorial in Vienna, Austria, more formally known as the Heroes' Monument of the Red Army (German: Heldendenkmal der Roten Armee), is located at Vienna's Schwarzenbergplatz. The semi-circular white marble colonnade partially enclosing a twelve-metre figure of a Soviet soldier was unveiled in 1945.[1] The Heroes' Monument of the Red Army of the Soviet Union in Vienna was built to commemorate the 17,000 Red Army soldiers killed in action during the Vienna offensive in World War II.[2]
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