Detail of the Soviet War Memorial by Mikhail Gorvits, 1945
Straße des 17. Juni, Großer Tiergarten
Berlin, September 2011
| Вечная слава героям павшым в боях с немецкомо фашистскими захватчиками за свободу и независимость Советского Союза | (Eternal glory to the heroes who fell in battle against the German fascist invaders for the freedom and independence of the Soviet Union) |
2 comments:
Most war memorials tend to over dramatize the facts but the Soviet military took a terrible beating before finally driving the Nazis back. At least this isn't a glamorous memorial as the soldier looks like he's been at war.
I always have to snicker when I read about freedom in these circumstances...
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