Monument to Internationalist Soldiers

Soldiers-internationalists, fulfilling their duty to the Fatherland, showed an example of courage and courage. It is in our power to perpetuate their great feat, to pass on memories to posterity. Monuments to heroes keep memories of them all over the country, in almost every city.

In Alexandrov, in August 1898, a monument to soldiers-internationalists was unveiled on Institutskaya Street. It is located near the plant named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR, the rally was opened by P. Beletsky, the director of the plant. He spoke about the idea of creating a monument decided to create at a time when Soviet troops were withdrawing from Afghanistan. The monument was opened by the internationalist soldier Sergey Romanov, Galina Nesporov (mother of the deceased soldier), Vladimir Perfilev (participant of the Patriotic War).

The author of the project of the monument was Grigory Cherdnichenko, made and installed the composition of Semyon Lashinker. In 1898, the cost of the monument was 150 thousand rubles. On the stone near the obelisk there is a tablet on which the names of the Alexandrovites who defended the Motherland and died in the international war are listed.