Monument to the Victims of Foreign Intervention 1918-1920

The monument in memory of the victims of foreign intervention is located in the central part of Murmansk, in the square near the cinema "Rodina". Installed in 1927, this monument is the oldest in the city. Designed in the constructivist style, reminiscent of the outlines of the captain’s bridge-tribune monument is an expression of the revolutionary spirit characteristic of that era.

The history preceding the appearance of the monument goes back to the last years of the First World War. In 1918, in the port of Murmansk moored English battleship "Glory", which came ashore a detachment of marines numbering 170 people. A few days later, other British and American ships appeared in the city, and from that moment on the Kola Peninsula began a foreign intervention, accompanied by the seizure of settlements, arrests and executions of Communists. More than 50 thousand people were imprisoned in the prisons of Arkhangelsk, Pechenga, Murmansk and other cities.

After an uprising organized by the communist underground and the victory over the interventionists, prisoners were evacuated to Murmansk, but many died along the way. The dead were buried in a green square, which was later called Freedom Square, and near the mass grave a two-meter stone block with a fence of concrete pillars and chains appeared. On the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution, the very first monument of Murmansk was erected over the burial site.