Monument to the Liberator Warrior
Crossing of the street on August 23 and Lenin Avenue, Kharkiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine
Description:
Monument to the Liberator Warrior (the second name "Pavlush") is a monument dedicated to the Soviet troops who liberated the city from the Nazis in 1943.
The grand opening took place in 1981. Architects - A.A.Maksimenko, E.Y.Cherkasov and E.A.Svyatchenko. Sculptors - Y.I.Ryk and I.P.Yastrebov.
On August 23, 1943, Kharkov was liberated from the Nazis. In 1959, 23 Augusta Street appeared on the site of past battles, and in 1981 a monument to the Liberator Warrior was opened.
In 2009, the issue of the need to restore the monument, which has not been put in order for ten years, was raised. The monument needed cleaning and updating of the cladding. Within six months the monument was renovated.
Citizens often call the monument "Pavlusha", in accordance with the Bulgarian monument to the Soviet soldier Alesha.