Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad
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The Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad is a major Soviet-era memorial complex in Saint Petersburg honoring the courage and suffering of the city’s residents and soldiers during the World War II siege.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
memorial complex
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monument → war memorial → |
| architect |
Sergey Speransky
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Valentin Kamensky → |
| category |
Monuments and memorials in Saint Petersburg
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Siege of Leningrad memorials → World War II memorials in Russia → |
| commemorates |
Siege of Leningrad
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World War II → civilian victims of the Siege of Leningrad → defenders of Leningrad → |
| country |
Russia
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| dedicatedTo |
partisans and underground fighters of Leningrad
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residents of Leningrad → soldiers of Leningrad Front → |
| designedDuring |
late Soviet period
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| era |
Soviet era
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| hasEternalFlame |
yes
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| hasPart |
bas-reliefs depicting siege scenes
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central obelisk → commemorative inscriptions → eternal flame → sculptural group of soldiers and civilians → underground memorial hall → |
| height |
48 m
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| heritageDesignation |
cultural heritage monument of regional significance in Russia
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| inception |
1975
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| languageOfInscriptions |
Russian
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| locatedAt |
Victory Square, Saint Petersburg
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| locatedIn |
Moskovsky District, Saint Petersburg
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Saint Petersburg → |
| locatedOn |
Moscow Avenue, Saint Petersburg
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| materialUsed |
bronze
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granite → |
| namedAfter |
heroic defenders of Leningrad
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| opened |
1975
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| sculptor |
Mikhail Anikushin
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| significance |
major symbolic site of remembrance of the Siege of Leningrad
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| subjectOf |
tourist visits in Saint Petersburg
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| theme |
heroism of Leningrad defenders
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suffering of Leningrad civilians → |
| yearOfCompletion |
1975
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Siege of Leningrad
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memorializedBy |