Memorial at Victory Square

The famous St. Petersburg Victory Square is crowned by a monument to the heroic defenders of Leningrad. The opening of the memorial was timed to the 30th anniversary of Victory Day - May 9, 1975. This monument is an example of traditional Soviet architecture and is dedicated to the feat committed here during the Great Patriotic War.

The component parts of the monument are the “Victor” stele with sculptures of a soldier and a worker. 26 bronze sculptures installed on granite pylons, symbolize the images of the defenders of Leningrad, high in the sky goes 48 meter granite obelisk, which conceals the Great Victory. All this is the ground part of the memorial.

The underground museum demonstrates all the difficulties of wartime. The museum hall is decorated with two thematic mosaics – “Victory” and “Blockade”. In addition, in the museum you can get acquainted with the documentary and art exposition, telling about the blockade and the grandiose defense of Leningrad. The exposition in the museum is carefully thought out, and the sound design adjusts to certain thoughts.

Above the entrance to the museum there is another element of the memorial – an overhanging, torn ring, which symbolizes the breakthrough of the blockade. The length of the ring is 124 meters. In memory of the dead, the Eternal Flame is placed on the site with the sculptural group “Blockade”.