Soldier's Glory Memorial Complex

What? - Soldier's Glory Memorial Complex

Description

In 1969 it was decided to open the Memorial Complex of Soldier's Glory. Its authors were a group of Poltava sculptors and architects, including Lev Vainhort, Ihor Mezentsev, Georgii Kyslyi. Today the area of ​​the memorial is about 1 hectare. In the center of the memorial is a triangular granite obelisk 22 meters high. On it the words: "The glory of the heroes is immortal." Nearby is a six-meter figure of a warrior. The soldier holds a shield depicting a monument to Glory and the soldier seems to guard the peace of his dead friends.

Eternal Fire burns at the foot of the monument. He was brought from Kyiv, from the grave of the Unknown Soldier. On the central alley of the memorial place - the graves of soldiers who gave their lives defending Poltava. Oleksii Zygin, Stepan Kondratenko, Vasyl Balakin and many, many other soldiers, officers, and commanders-in-chief found their last refuge here. Some of the burials that are here have been done very recently. When a monument to a Soviet soldier was dismantled in Estonia, the ashes of Senior Sergeant Stepan Hapikal's guard and a capsule with earth from the grave of medical service chief Olena Varshavska were sent to Poltava. Today, these two newest burials are closest to the monument.

Speciality

During the Nazi occupation of Poltava, they shot both citizens and prisoners of war here in this cemetery. And that is why the Memorial of Soldier's Glory was created in these places.