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Bergen Belsen.
A fair walk (but one that is worthwhile taking) outside of the main area of Bergen Belsen is a cemetery for the Soviet Prisoners of War who died there. Most of these perished in incredibly awful conditions in the winter of 1942, 18000 of them in one month alone.
The cemetery is quiet, small and well tended. The grave markers give no indication of how many people are buried in that spot.
Military Monuments in Voronezh
The monuments of World War II have a special place among the sights of Voronezh. In 1942-1943 the line of defense passed through the city districts, and for 212 days heavy battles took place in the city. Many monuments of Voronezh are devoted to those heroic events. Citizens honor the memory of the fallen and visit the war memorials with funeral wreaths and bouquets of flowers on special days. Those interested in military history have a lot to see in Voronezh.
Monument to the Pilots (Pamyatnik Pilotam)
During the World War II, along with ground troops, Soviet pilots fought for Voronezh. For the successful fighting of the 41st Assault Aviation Regiment and the 291st Assault Aviation Division, they were given honorary names – the Voronezh troops. A monument to these courageous pilots was erected at the intersection of Voroshilov Street and Kosmonavtov Street. The monument is a MiG-21 jet fighter aircraft with the number 100. This fighter plane crashed in 1975, was written off, and in 1976 the idea arose to make a monument out of it. The initiative came from the 445th Aeronautical Research Regiment, and they were also involved in the implementation of the project. Fortified structures of aluminum sheet are installed on a pedestal, and in front of the the monument is the Aviators square.
The Soviet space program comprised the rocketry and space exploration programs conducted by the former Soviet Union (USSR) from the 1930s until its dissolution in 1991. Over its sixty-year history, this primarily classified military program was responsible for a number of pioneering accomplishments in space flight.
Soviet Unterzoegersdorf Sector II
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Commemorating the Siege of Budapest, when the Soviet Union took control of Budapest from Germany in 1944.
This is the only Soviet monument to retain its hammer and sickle and remain standing in Budapest following the fall of communist rule.
The text on the memorial translates as, "Glory to the Soviet liberation heroes".