Memory bell in Lenin Komsomol Park

On Victory Day, May 9, the long-awaited opening of the Memory Bell took place. Like many other monuments of the Great Patriotic War of Donetsk, the bell was installed in the Lenin Komsomol Park, on the territory of the memorial to the Liberators of Donbass.

The bell was created by Donetsk Metallurgical Plant Donetskskstal. Material for the manufacture of the bell took unusual. It was cast with partial use of brass, which was removed from shells and fragments found on the battlefields of the entire Donetsk region. With partial use of brass just because if you add more, the bell could lose its sound.

The weight of the memory bell is 850 kg. This monument appeared due to the petition of the Prosecutor Vladimir Galtsov. The sculptor was M. Sokolsky and A. Dotsenko. To establish the bell, a pedestal was built in the form of a large arc, on which a memorial plaque was placed.

The surface of the bell is decorated with a relief image of George the Victorious, the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Archistragite Michael. Art design was engaged in Anastasia Gaidir.