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Soviet War Memorial

Shot of the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin-Treptow. It was built to the design of the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky to commemorate the Soviet soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin in April-May 1945. It opened four years after the war ended on May 8, 1949, and served as the central war memorial of East Germany.

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Uploaded on April 5, 2010