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
instanceOf memorial complex
monument
war memorial
architect Sergey Speransky
Valentin Kamensky
category Monuments and memorials in Saint Petersburg
Siege of Leningrad memorials
World War II memorials in Russia
commemorates Siege of Leningrad
World War II
civilian victims of the Siege of Leningrad
defenders of Leningrad
country Russia
dedicatedTo partisans and underground fighters of Leningrad
residents of Leningrad
soldiers of Leningrad Front
designedDuring late Soviet period
era Soviet era
hasEternalFlame yes
hasPart bas-reliefs depicting siege scenes
central obelisk
commemorative inscriptions
eternal flame
sculptural group of soldiers and civilians
underground memorial hall
height 48 m
heritageDesignation cultural heritage monument of regional significance in Russia
inception 1975
languageOfInscriptions Russian
locatedAt Victory Square, Saint Petersburg
locatedIn Moskovsky District, Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
locatedOn Moscow Avenue, Saint Petersburg
materialUsed bronze
granite
namedAfter heroic defenders of Leningrad
opened 1975
sculptor Mikhail Anikushin
significance major symbolic site of remembrance of the Siege of Leningrad
subjectOf tourist visits in Saint Petersburg
theme heroism of Leningrad defenders
suffering of Leningrad civilians
yearOfCompletion 1975

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Siege of Leningrad
memorializedBy

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