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The
Victory Memorial Park is dedicated to the victory over Nazis in the
Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. It was opened in 1995 to mark the
50th anniversary of the victory.
The
main monument of Victory is an obelisk with a bronze statue of Nika,
the goddess of Victory.
Behind
it there is the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War. Its
exhibits tell about the key battles, the heroic deeds of
rank-and-file soldiers and prominent military leaders and officers,
the war effort of people in the rear and the joint activities of the
Allies that brought to the unconditional surrender of the Nazi
Germany in May of 1945.
The
Memorial complex also includes an Orthodox Church, a Mosque and a
Synagogue reflecting that the struggle against Fascists united the
people of different confessions.
In
the park of the Memorial complex that spreads over 135 hectares
there are open-air exhibitions displaying weapons, tanks and armored
vehicles, fighters and helicopters, submarines and warships used by
the Soviet Army during the WW2.
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The
monuments of military glory: the Triumphal Arch erected to
commemorate the victory over Napoleon in the war of 1812 (in front)
and the view of the Victory Memorial Complex on Poklonnaya Hill (in
the back ground)
One
of the open-air exhibitons of the Memorial complex, which has
warships on display.
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