Monument Poklonnaya Gora. The Victory Monument is the tallest monument in Russia

Victory Park in Moscow - a memorial complex of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. in the west of Moscow. The memorial complex was opened on May 9, 1995 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Great Victory.

As part of this post, I tried to combine all the photos of the complex I have by adding a map with the location of the structures.

Poklonnaya Gora is a gentle hill in the west of Moscow, between the Setun and Filka rivers. Once upon a time, Poklonnaya Hill was located far outside of Moscow, and from its top a panorama of the city opened up. Travelers often stopped here to look at Moscow and bow to it - hence the name of the mountain.

For the first time Poklonnaya Gora is mentioned in the documents of the 16th century. At that time it was called a little differently - Poklonnaya Gora on the Smolensk road. It was on Poklonnaya Hill that Napoleon in 1812 waited in vain for the keys to Moscow, through it during the years of the Great Patriotic War soldiers went to the front to defend their homeland.

The first draft of the Victory Memorial on Poklonnaya Hill was proposed as early as 1942, but then, of course, it was impossible to implement it.

Memorial sign with the inscription "Victory Monument will be erected here Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" was installed on Poklonnaya Hill on February 23, 1958. The Victory Park was laid around the sign.

The design and construction of the memorial complex on Poklonnaya Hill dragged on for many years. His Grand opening, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the victory over fascism, took place on May 9, 1995.

The memorial complex, located on 135 hectares, includes the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War, the Victory Monument and three temples of three confessions built in memory of those who died in the war. Church of St. George the Victorious was built in 1995, the Memorial Mosque was built in 1997, and the Memorial Synagogue - in 1998.

The Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War is located on the round Pobediteley Square, to which the central alley of Victory Park leads from Kutuzovsky Prospekt. The museum, founded in 1986, contains about 50 thousand exhibits of military history. In special showcases there are Books of Memory - 385 volumes, in which the names of people who died in the war are inscribed. The museum, among other exhibits, contains the Banner of Victory - a red flag hoisted on April 30, 1945 over the Reichstag building in Berlin. Next to the museum there is a permanent exhibition of military equipment.

Architectural ensemble of the Victory Park and Poklonnaya Hill

1. Victory Monument
2. Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
3. Church of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious (architect A. Polyansky) (1995)
4. Memorial Mosque (architect I. Stazhnev) (1997)
5. Memorial synagogue and memorial museum of the Holocaust (architect M. Zarhi) (1998)
6. Chapel erected in memory of the Spanish volunteers (2003)
7. Monument to the Defenders of the Russian Land (sculptor A. Bichugov)
8. Monument to the "Missing" (2005)

9. Monument to the soldiers of the participating countries anti-Hitler coalition (2005)
10. Monument to prisoners of Nazi concentration camps
11. Monument to soldiers-internationalists (2004)

12. Exhibition of military equipment and weapons in the open air
13. Exhibition of military equipment of the Navy

"This cross was erected on the night of June 22, 1991, on the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War, in memory of those who died and to the glory of God." It stands on a hill at the beginning of the square, to the left of the alleys leading to the main building.

General view of the memorial complex

Victory Monument

In the middle of Pobediteley Square stands an obelisk 141.8 meters high. It symbolizes 1418 days and nights of the Great Patriotic War. At the hundred-meter mark, a bronze figure of the goddess of Victory, Nike, is fixed. At the foot of the obelisk, on a granite podium, there is a statue of St. George the Victorious, who strikes a snake with a spear - a symbol of evil. Both sculptures were made by Z. Tsereteli.

Goddess of Victory Nike

Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945

Church of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious (architect A. Polyansky) (1995)

Memorial Mosque (architect I. Stazhnev) (1997)

Memorial Synagogue and Holocaust Memorial Museum (architect M. Zarhi) (1998)

Chapel erected in memory of the Spanish volunteers (2003)
In 2003, a chapel was opened on the territory of the Memorial, erected in memory of the Spanish volunteers who died in the Great Patriotic War.

Monument to the Defenders of the Russian Land (sculptor A. Bichugov)

Monument to the Missing

Monument to the soldiers of the countries participating in the anti-Hitler coalition.
It was opened on May 7, 2005 on the Alley of Partisans.

Monument to prisoners of Nazi concentration camps.
Author Zurab Tsereteli. The height of the monument is 8 meters.

Monument to soldiers-internationalists (2004)

Exhibition of military equipment and weapons in the open air
Here I selectively selected several photographs from different exposures. In total, it contains several hundred exhibits of armored and automotive equipment, railway troops, aviation (airplanes and helicopters) and the Navy (boats and submarine cabins). Each exhibit is accompanied detailed description so I didn't include them here.
The exposition is open until 21:00. Entrance - 50 rubles.

Field fortifications

Auto and armored vehicles

In the list of the tallest monuments in the world, the Victory Monument is in second place, after the "Washington Monument". The height of the monument to the first president of the United States, George Washington, reaches 169 meters, and before construction eiffel tower(324 m) it was the tallest building on Earth.

It is noteworthy that the completion of the construction of the two tallest structures on the planet (until recently) took place at the end of the 19th century. The Americans built the monument for a little over 40 years, and by 1885 the majestic giant was finally completed. The enterprising French, on the other hand, took a little more than 2 years to build their main attraction, and by the spring of 1889, the beautiful iron tower began to bring fabulous profits to its investors.

It is impossible not to mention another giant monument, which was also erected at the same time. In 1886, on Liberty Island, about 3 km southwest of the southern tip of Manhattan Island, the torch of the Statue of Liberty, which was 93 meters high, “lit up”. It is noteworthy that the frame and pedestal of this monument was designed by the brilliant engineer Gustave Eiffel.

The very word monument came to us from Latin (monumentum "remembrance; monument", from Ch. monere "to remind"). It has been customary to build monuments or monuments (which are essentially the same) in honor of some great person or significant event since ancient times. But most of the monuments or monuments on the planet are connected in a strange way with peace and war, with life and death. The Statue of Liberty was designed to mark the centenary of American independence. Eiffel Tower for the centenary of the French Revolution.

By the way, did you know that instead of the main French attraction on the Champ de Mars, the project of a “giant guillotine” was considered, which was supposed to remind of the Great French Revolution? As is known from the history books, during the years of the revolution, a giant guillotine was installed on the "Place de la Concorde", replacing the statue of the king, and to the jubilation of the crowd in the square, King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, later Danton and Robespierre were beheaded ...

In Russia, the highest monument, symbolizing life and death, the terrible years of war and unconditional victory, the valor and heroism of fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers and the entire Soviet people, is the Victory Monument on Poklonnaya Hill. The tallest monument in Russia, included in the "Russian Book of Records", was erected only in 1995, and not in the planned post-war period ...

The monument and Victory Park began to be designed even before the end of the war. But in peacetime after the war, the priority was to restore the destroyed country as soon as possible. In addition, the USSR faced a new threat in the face of armed nuclear weapons America. In addition, a sharp struggle unfolded between the two powers in the space industry. In addition to external threats, there were also problems within the country - the death of Stalin, who left no successor, and the struggle for power in the party did not fade away for many years ...

Finally, in 1957, the place for the future memorial was finally determined - Poklonnaya Hill. Why on Poklonnaya Hill?

For centuries, I walked along Poklonnaya Hill Main way from Europe to the ancient capital of Russia. The Orthodox stopped at this place and, according to tradition, “bowed” to the churches and monasteries of Moscow. At this place M.I. Kutuzov decided the fate of the city. Here Napoleon waited in vain for the keys to Moscow. From here, in 1941, Soviet troops went west along the Mozhaisk highway.

In 1958, an open all-Union competition for best project memorial, but its results were not implemented. Nevertheless, on February 23, 1958, a commemorative granite sign was erected on Poklonnaya Hill with the inscription:

"A monument to the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 will be erected here."

Foundation stone on Poklonnaya Hill. Family archive.

In 1961, trees were planted around the stone with the inscription, and a park was laid, which was named after the Victory. For many years, the park fulfilled its natural purpose - here Muscovites went in for sports and walked with their children. It was only in the early 1980s that earthworks, the laying of communications, and roads began. For some time, the construction site was called "Shock Komsomol" - according to the number of declared volunteers and students.

V contemporary sources The construction of the Victory Memorial is attributed exclusively to the merits of the Moscow Mayor's Office and the then mayor Yu. Luzhkov, and one very curious fact is extremely rarely and not everywhere mentioned: in the 1970-1980s, 194 million rubles were collected from subbotniks and personal contributions of citizens for the construction of a monumental monument. rubles. And of course, such an impressive amount was not enough. The project was frozen for more than 10 years.

In 1992, the government of Moscow started talking about long-term construction, and 3 years later, on May 9, 1995, in the year of the 50th anniversary Great Victory The memorial complex was officially opened. Since then, it has continued its development and the most recent object of the Memorial was the monument to the Heroes of the First World War, opened in 2014.

Victory Monument

The Victory Monument on Poklonnaya Hill is the tallest monument in Russia. Photo source: Wikipedia

The obelisk was originally supposed to look like a monument, where soldiers rose on a high pedestal under the victorious Red banner with the image of Lenin. But in connection with the death of the author of the project, architect A.T. Polyansky, this creatively complex idea remained only on paper. And over time, the image of Lenin ceased to personify the history of the winners. And this is good news. The benefit of the sober minds of modern architects and sculptors immortalized the victory of the Soviet people , and not leaders and revolutionary figures ...

So, the project was headed by a well-known monumental sculptor, at that time vice president Russian Academy art Zurab Tsereteli. He owns the authorship of the main Victory Monument.

The height of the Obelisk is 141.8 meters - according to the number of days of the war (1418).

Its shape is in the form of a triangular bayonet. Stela "Bayonet" weighing 1000 tons is made of extra strong steel and lined with stone. It was built in record time - just 9 months!

Most of the monument is covered with bronze bas-reliefs, with the most important battles: the battles of Stalingrad and Kursk, as well as the Belorussian operation, and all the cities where there were fierce battles up to Berlin.

Bas-relief of the victory monument. Source: loveopium.ru

At a height of 104 meters, a 25-ton bronze sculptural group is attached to the stele, which includes the goddess of victory Nike, carrying a crown, and two cupids trumpeting victory.

Nike with cupids. Obelisk of Victory. Author: Evgeny Chesnokov

To maintain the balance of the statue, special counterweights were placed at its “legs”.

The statue of the goddess Nike increased the instability of the monument, its windage, therefore, during the construction of the foundation, it was also necessary to pour an additional 2,000 cubic meters of concrete. To service the stele, an elevator was installed (it was ordered in Sweden), which rises 87 meters.

Inside the hill on which the Monument stands, there are office premises, in which a station for monitoring the condition of the structure, control rooms, lighting and ventilation equipment, signaling devices, etc. are equipped.

At the foot of the obelisk is a statue of George the Victorious, the defender of Moscow, who strikes a snake with his spear, which is a symbol of evil. In this case, fascism.

George the Victorious Victory Park.

Huge and majestic monument Victory in Moscow is located on Poklonnaya Hill. This one is dedicated to the victory in the war of 1941-1945. He appeared not so long ago. It was opened on May 9, 1995, when they celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Second World War. The article proposes to learn about the hill on which the memorial is located, about the monument itself, as well as some information about the ensemble.

Mountain of bows

The Victory Monument is located on Poklonnaya Hill. Once this place was not included in the territory of the city. Moscow is the capital of Russia, which is growing and developing together with our state. Today this hill is located in the historical center of Zlatoglavaya. Poklonnaya Gora was surrounded by two rivers under the fancy names Filka and Setun.

In ancient times, when the mountain was outside the city, travelers very often made a stop at this place, since a beautiful view opened up to the guests of the city from the top. The guests of the capital got out of their carts, examined the city from a height, then bowed low to the ground. This is how the mountain got its name.

Historical facts

For the first time this hill was mentioned in the papers of the XVI century. Then its name was a little longer. The name of the tract on which it is located was added to Poklonnaya Hill. In the end, this name looked like this: "Poklonnaya Gora on the Smolensk road."

Surprisingly, 200 years ago, Napoleon stood on this mountain. But not to bow. The French commander in 1812 was waiting for the keys to the capital.

M. I. Kutuzov once climbed here after the battle of Borodino. And after another 50 years, during the Great Patriotic War, our army advanced to the front through this place to defend the country's borders and fight the fascist army. In other words, the Victory Monument on the mountain symbolizes the valiant feat of our people.

What's up on the hill today?

Nowadays, Poklonnaya Gora is a huge architectural and but it is crowded not only in holidays. Walks near the memorial are made not only by Muscovites, but also by guests of the city. At the moment, the area of ​​the park is 135 hectares. Of these, 20 hectares are occupied by the ensemble of the monument.

Already in 1942, it was decided that the Victory Monument would be located on this very spot.

Later, in 1958, the builders of the city erected a memorial sign on which it was written that a monument would be erected here in honor of the victory of the Soviet people over the Nazis.

Part of the funds for the construction of the memorial was allocated by the city treasury, and the second amount was donations from the townspeople and guests of the city. The Victory Monument is surrounded by a museum dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, three churches, an obelisk (the highest in Russia), and an exhibition of military equipment.

Symbolic obelisk

The Victory Monument is strict and majestic. Moscow is a record holder for high-rise monuments. The obelisk stands on the Victory Square. It is considered its height is symbolic - 141.8 meters. This is a kind of reference to the war, because the Second World War lasted 1,418 days. The stele is the main part of the monument. It was made from high strength metal. To mount the structure, I had to resort to the help of telescopic aerial platforms. At the base of the obelisk are control rooms that control the lighting and ventilation of the monument. At the foot of the stele, there is a statue of St. George the Victorious on granite, who dealt with the serpent - a symbol of evil. The weight of this whole structure is about 1000 tons!

The foundation of Russia's tallest statue required 2,000 cubic meters of concrete. At a height of 100 meters, the obelisk is crowned with a statue of the goddess of Victory Nike with small cupids. Their weight is 25 tons. The obelisk got its name - "Bayonet", as it symbolizes this melee weapon.

From the base to the mark of 100 meters, where Nika is located, three main stages of the war are depicted:

• Stalingrad battle.
• Battle of Kursk
• Belarusian operation.

To serve such a stele, the city authorities had to install an elevator, which was ordered in Sweden. He raises the masters to a height of 87 meters. How long do you think it took to build the obelisk? Surprisingly, it was built in a record short time- 9 months. The architect of two sculptures (“Bayonet” and “George the Victorious”) is Zurab Tsereteli.

Opposition and hesitation

Be that as it may, but such a massive and tall statue without special devices should not have survived. Project engineers S. S. Karmilov, B. V. Ostroumov and S. P. Murinov provided for this. They equipped the obelisk with devices that dampen vibrations, because, according to all the laws of aerodynamics, it has an unstable shape. Engineers hid 19 vibration dampers in it. The main one was hidden behind Nika's shoulders; it dampens vibrations weighing 10 tons!

If you are ever in Moscow, be sure to visit the Victory Monument. Moscow is allegedly guarded by standing three warriors from various centuries of our state:

• Slavic warriors;
• soldiers of the battle of Borodino;
• Soviet fighters-winners of 1945.

The monument is famous far beyond the borders of the country. Glorious is the feat of the people, as is the monument to Victory. A photo must be taken and shown to your children so that they know the history and remember the feat of their ancestors!

Victory Memorial on Poklonnaya Hill

The memory of the Great Patriotic War is sacred. This indisputable fact is especially keenly felt at the memorial opened on Poklonnaya Hill.

Poklonnaya Gora is a gentle hill in the west of Moscow, between the Setun and Filka rivers.

Once upon a time, Poklonnaya Hill was located far outside of Moscow, and a panorama of the city opened from its top. Travelers stopped here to look at Moscow and bow to it - hence the name of the mountain. This is one of the versions of the origin of the name.

Poklonnaya Gora is mentioned in the documents of the 16th century. So, it is known that the Crimean Khan of Gaza II Gerai pitched his camp here during his campaign against Moscow in 1591. Then the Crimean Khan, together with the Nogais, suddenly invaded the Muscovite state with a 150,000-strong army, crossed the Oka and approached Moscow.

The main camp of the Crimeans and Nogais was set up on Poklonnaya Hill. Moscow from here was at a glance. And they believed that it would soon be at their feet. But in the area of ​​​​the future Donskoy Monastery, the steppe people encountered the army of Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich under the command of Boris Fyodorovich Godunov. Gazi II Giray was forced to retreat. And from Poklonnaya Hill he had to flee, leaving here most convoy.

Victory Memorial on Poklonnaya Hill

More than two hundred years later, in 1812, it was on Poklonnaya Hill that another invader, Napoleon, was waiting for the keys to the Kremlin. Napoleon knew that here, on an elevated place, important persons, foreign embassies, were greeted with bows. But no one met him.

Through Poklonnaya Gora during the Great Patriotic War, troops went to the front to defend their homeland.

For the first time, the project of the Victory Memorial on Poklonnaya Hill was discussed back in 1942, after the defeat of the Nazis near Moscow. But then, of course, there was no time for monuments. But still, the Union of Architects of the USSR announced a competition for the best project of a memorial complex in honor of the future Victory.

In 1955 Marshall Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, in a note sent to the Central Committee of the CPSU, again recalled the idea of ​​creating a monument to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

But only on February 23, 1958, a memorial sign was erected on Poklonnaya Hill with the inscription "A monument to the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 will be erected here." And in the spring of the same year, Victory Park was laid around the sign.

For various reasons, the design and construction of the memorial complex on Poklonnaya Hill dragged on for many years. As a result, the idea of ​​creating a national monument to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, which had been expressed for several decades, was actually brought to life only at the end of the 90s of the XX century.

Its grand opening, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the victory over Nazism, took place on May 9, 1995. It was simply called the Victory Memorial on Poklonnaya Hill.

In the middle of Pobediteley Square stands an obelisk - a stele in the shape of a bayonet. The stele is made of strong steel and weighs a thousand tons. Bayonet height 141.8 meters. It symbolizes 1418 days and nights of the Great Patriotic War, that is, ten centimeters for each day of the war.

On the bayonet is a bronze bas-relief - a 25-ton bronze figure of the goddess of Victory Nike. It is located at an altitude of 122 meters above the ground.

And at the foot is a statue of St. George the Victorious (heavenly patron of Moscow), striking a snake with a spear, that is, evil.

The memorial complex, located on 135 hectares, includes the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War, the Victory Monument and three temples of three confessions built in memory of those who died in the war.

Church of St. George the Victorious was consecrated in 1995. A shrine is kept in the temple - a particle of the relics of the Great Martyr George the Victorious, donated by the Jerusalem Patriarch Diodorus, transferred to the temple in 1998.

The memorial mosque was opened on September 6, 1997, on the day of the celebration of the 850th anniversary of the capital. The construction of the mosque combines the features of various Muslim architectural schools. A community and a madrasah work at the mosque.

The building of the synagogue was built and solemnly opened on September 2, 1998. The President of Russia attended the opening. An exhibition dedicated to Jewish history and the Holocaust was set up on the ground floor and on the gallery of the prayer hall.

In 2003, a chapel was opened on the territory of the Memorial, erected in memory of the Spanish volunteers who died in the Great Patriotic War. In addition, it is planned to build a Buddhist stupa, an Armenian chapel and a Catholic church on Poklonnaya Hill.

An integral and at the same time the main part of the Victory Memorial Complex on Poklonnaya Hill is the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War.

The museum is located on the round Pobediteley Square, to which the central alley of Victory Park leads from Kutuzovsky Prospekt.

The museum was founded in 1986. Then the regulation “On the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945” was issued. The regulation stated that the museum on Poklonnaya Gora is "the head for all museums of a military history profile in the system of the USSR Ministry of Culture." Four main areas of activity were also identified: in the field of scientific activity, in the field of scientific stock work, in the field of scientific exposition work and in the field of scientific and educational work. In 1992, the museum was ordered to include Halls of Memory and Glory, an art gallery, six dioramas, halls of historical exposition, a film lecture hall, an exhibition hall for organizing thematic exhibitions, a meeting hall for veterans and a cinema hall for showing newsreels and documentaries.

In 1993–1994, temporary historical and artistic expositions were created in the museum, which later served as a prototype for future stationary expositions. At the same time, it was decided to create exhibitions of military equipment and engineering and fortifications as part of the memorial complex of the Victory Monument on Poklonnaya Hill.

Today, the museum houses about fifty thousand exhibits on military history.

In special showcases there are Books of Memory - 385 volumes, in which the names of people who died in the war are inscribed.

The museum, among other exhibits, contains the Banner of Victory - the Red Banner, hoisted on April 30, 1945 over the Reichstag building in Berlin. In addition, there are also works of art: paintings and sculpture, graphics and posters. The museum's library contains more than 50,000 publications, including rare books.

Next to the museum there is a permanent exhibition of military equipment.

In Victory Park, a monument to the Defenders of the Russian Land and a monument to All the Fallen were erected.

April 30, 2010, on the eve of the celebration of the 65th anniversary of the Victory, on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow lit Eternal flame. A torch with a flame was delivered from the Eternal Flame near the Kremlin wall in an armored personnel carrier with an escort of motorcyclists.

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Poklonnaya mountain - memorial place Moscow and Russia in general. Poklonnaya Gora was first mentioned in documents of the 16th century, although then it was called somewhat differently - Poklonnaya Gora near the Smolensk (Mozhaisk) road. It is believed that Poklonnaya Gora got its name thanks to an old tradition: every person who arrived in Moscow and left the city bowed to him at this place. It was here that important persons-princes, high dignitaries, ambassadors of foreign states were greeted with a bow. Napoleon did not receive such an honor. "Napoleon waited in vain, intoxicated with his last happiness, for Moscow kneeling with the keys of the old Kremlin: No, my Moscow did not go to him with a guilty head..." These unforgettable lines of the greatest Russian poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin are connected with the Russian-French war of 1812, when the French emperor, who reached the walls of the capital with his troops, tried in vain to wait for the keys to Moscow from the city authorities.

Memorial complex on Poklonnaya Hill

From time immemorial, Poklonnaya Hill has been one of the holy places of both Moscow and the whole Russian land. From here, the Orthodox worshiped its shrines. Years and decades have passed, and Poklonnaya Hill has become a real symbol, embodying the Russian soul, the Russian character with such qualities as cordiality and hospitality on the one hand, freedom and independence on the other. And first of all, of course, this is due to the construction of a memorial complex here in honor of the Victory of our people in the Great Patriotic War. This memorial complex and Poklonnaya Hill itself are now strongly associated among Russians with the immortal feat of the Soviet people, accomplished in the name of saving the Fatherland.

The decision to build the Victory Monument was made on May 31, 1957. On February 23, 1958, a granite foundation stone was installed on Poklonnaya Hill with the inscription: "A monument to the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 will be erected here." In 1961, Victory Park was laid out on Poklonnaya Hill. But the active construction of other components of the memorial complex (the Victory Monument and the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945) began only in 1985.

On May 9, 1995, on the day of the 50th anniversary of the Victory, the memorial was solemnly opened. Leaders from 56 countries of the world attended its opening. Today it consists of several exposition and exhibition complexes - an art gallery, a platform for military equipment, military historical expositions, dioramas, cinema and concert halls providing all the necessary conditions for scientific, educational-patriotic and educational work. The exposition areas occupy 44 thousand square meters, where more than 170 thousand exhibits are presented.

The museum is rich not only in its unique exhibits. Here, in a solemn atmosphere, ceremonies of taking the military oath of young soldiers, meetings with famous veterans of the Great Patriotic War are held.

Temples of Memory on Poklonnaya Hill

The property of the Memorial complex is represented not only by the Museum of the Great Patriotic War. Every monument, every building reminds of the feat of such different, but united people of the Soviet Union.

On the territory of the memorial complex there are three temples that belong to different religions. This once again characterizes the multinationality of the liberators of our Motherland.

The first was built the temple of St. George the Victorious. In 1995, its solemn consecration took place. The shrine of the temple is a particle of the relics of the great martyr George the Victorious, donated by the Jerusalem Patriarch Diodorus.

Two years later, in September 1997, a memorial mosque was opened. This event fell on the day of the celebration of the 850th anniversary of Moscow.

Temple of Memory - Synagogue, was solemnly opened on September 2, 1998. The synagogue building was built on the basis of the concept of Israeli architect Moshe Zarhi. The opening was attended by the President of Russia. An exhibition dedicated to Jewish history and the Holocaust was set up on the ground floor and on the gallery of the prayer hall.

In 2003, the Memorial complex was supplemented by a chapel erected in memory of the Spanish volunteers who died during the Great Patriotic War. In addition, it is planned to build a Buddhist stupa, an Armenian chapel and a Catholic church on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow.

Monuments on Poklonnaya Hill

In Victory Park, which is part of the Memorial Complex, there is an obelisk 141.8 meters high. This height characterizes 1418 days and nights of the Great Patriotic War. At the hundred-meter mark, a bronze figure of the goddess of Victory, Nike, is fixed.

At the foot of the obelisk, there is a sculpture of St. George the Victorious, who strikes a snake with a spear - a symbol of evil. Both sculptures were made by Zurab Tsereteli.

On the Alley of Partisans in 2005, a monument to the soldiers of the countries participating in the anti-Hitler coalition was opened. Participated in the opening General Secretary United Nations Kofi Annan. The author of the monument is Mikhail Pereyaslavets.

In Victory Park there is another beautiful attraction - the flower clock - the largest in the world, the dial diameter of which is 10 m, the length of the minute hand is 4.5 m, the hour hand is 3.5 m. The total number of flowers planted on the clock is 7910 pcs. The clock mechanism is based on the principles of electromechanics and is controlled by an electronic quartz unit.

The nearest metro station to Poklonnaya Gora is Park Pobedy. Immediately upon exiting the station, the Moscow Triumphal Gates will appear before you, or simply Triumphal Arch.

It was built in 1829-1834 according to the project of the architect O. I. Bove, in honor of the victory of the Russian people in the Patriotic War of 1812. Initially, the arch was installed on Tverskaya Zastava Square, on the site of a wooden arch built in 1814 for the solemn meeting of Russian troops returning from Paris after the victory over the French troops. Currently, the Arc de Triomphe is located on Victory Square, which is crossed by Kutuzovsky Prospekt, not far from Poklonnaya Hill. It was moved to this place in 1966-1968. The architecture of the Moscow Triumphal Gates is reminiscent of the Narva Triumphal Gates in St. Petersburg.

Poklonnaya Hill has become a traditional gathering place for veterans of the Great Patriotic War. As the inexorable time takes us further and further away from those heroic events, it is important to use every opportunity to turn to those memorable days, tell and show young people how their great-grandfathers fought, defending the freedom and independence of our Motherland. The expositions of the memorial on Poklonnaya Hill make it possible.

Photo Memorial complex on Poklonnaya Hill