May is a month of holidays in Russia. May 1-4 is a holiday celebrating Labor Day and May 9-11 is a big holiday celebrating and commemorating the Victory Day of the WWII.
Since the country has been to many different wars, memorials to those wars are seen all around. Losing 20,000,000 lives of both army and civilian, WWII was an extremely important part of their history.
Many memorial monuments come with an eternal flame. It is an eternal flame of glory forever lit for the known and unknown lives that were lost in the war.
I like this massive sculpture of a man trying to rise after having fallen. It represents the people, the country that no matter how much the war has taken from them, they stood to survive.
The whole complex is with the sculpture, stele, and the eternal flame. This is just one of the complexes. I'll show you what's in the Victory park next post.
The city is busy preparing for the big event on May 9.
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Superb shots of the memorials.
ReplyDeleteit is a wonderful memorial.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos of the memorials!
ReplyDeleteThose are really long holidays. Our labor day is also May 1. Just a day though. :)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the celebrations!
It's a really nice memorial. I really like that sculpture too!
ReplyDeleteMany people in this country forget that we were fighting the same enemy alongside Russia then. Perhaps our friendship was a bit shaky then too but it seems like there is a basis there. The man trying to rise is a powerful sculpture. The strength of the people of Russia is minimized much to often.
ReplyDeleteDearest Mari, Oh, Wonderful Memorial and we are having consecutive national holidays :-) Great sculpture and LOVE the idea behind it☆☆☆
ReplyDeleteSo sorry for my recent absence, wishing you are having a wonderful week.
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Such a beautiful monument. And the sculpture looks very powerful!
ReplyDeleteAre businesses and schools closed during these holidays? It's nice to have long holidays :-) Have a great time!
Hi Tamago, yes schools and government offices are closed. Some private institutions or companies choose to work on some of those days.
DeleteGreat photos! That sculpture really is huge.
ReplyDeleteThat is a very impressive tower!
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