Monument twice Hero of the Soviet Union A.V. Vorozheykin
Russia, Nizhny Novgorod region, Gorodets
Description:
The monument twice to the Hero of the Soviet Union A.V. Vorozheykin was erected on the banks of the Volga, in the central square of Gorodets, in the homeland of the legendary pilot and writer. Also in the city there is a street bearing the name of the hero - there is a memorial plate.
Arseniy Vasilyevich Vorozheykin was born in Gorodetsky district, in the village of Prokofievo. The Soviet military pilot in the battles on Khalkhin-Gol shot down 6 Japanese aircraft, during the Great Patriotic War - 46 enemy fighters, for which he was twice awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. In peacetime, Vorozheykin was engaged in literary activity, was a member of the Writers’ Union, in Russia and abroad he published more than 12 books, among which are works “Above the Kursk Arc”, “Private Aviation”, “Fighters” and others.
In Gorodets in 1953, in the presence of the order-bearing pilot, a solemn opening of a bronze bust in his honor took place. The author of the monument is the famous Soviet sculptor V.I. Mukhin. In 1986, A.V. Vorozheykin was declared an Honorary Citizen of Gorodets.
