Revolution Square

Revolution Square is the center of Chelyabinsk. There are parades of military and military equipment on May 9, take the oath of cadets of military schools and police officers. It is here that city holidays are celebrated, concerts of pop stars are arranged.

But once the square was almost on the outskirts of the city. It was called South, it was in the south of Chelyabinsk. The thorough construction of stone buildings began on the square in the early XX century. But even when the square was outlying, folk festivities and holidays took place on it.

After the revolution, the square was renamed Revolution Square. Until the middle of the XX century there was a necropolis of dead revolutionaries, Chekists and red pilots. Then the graves were moved to Mitrofanovskoe cemetery.

The city authorities are trying to keep the famous square in perfect order. On the square, still stands a monument to V.I. Lenin, behind which there is a square, in which residents and guests of the city like to walk.