Russian: Кумженский мемориал | |
Location | Rostov-on-Don, Russia |
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Designer | architect R. Muradyan, sculptors B. Lapko and E. Lapko |
Opening date | 1983 |
Dedicated to | in memory of the died fighters of the Red Army, liberating Rostov-on-Don in 1941 and 1943 |
Kumzhensky memorial (The memorial complex "Kumzhensky Grove"), (Russian: Кумженский мемориал (Мемориальный комплекс «Кумженская роща») is a memorial complex in Zheleznodorozhny district of Rostov-on-Don.[1] It is located in the west of the city in the Kumzhensky grove on the arrow of the Don and the Dead Donets.[2] It was built in 1983[3] in memory of the dead fighters of the Red Army who liberated Rostov-on-Don in 1941 and 1943 during the Second World War.[4] The complex includes several memorials and a mass grave.[5][6] The Kumzhensky memorial has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional importance.[7]
Description
Monuments are located along the main avenue. The structure of the Kumzhensky memorial includes five pylons, four stelae of Glory, a monument Storm and memorial plates. There were engraved names of the combat units that participated in the battles for Rostov. Pylons are faced with gray marble. The central object of the Kumzhensky memorial is the Storm monument. On a granite pedestal sculptural group of the soldiers going to the attack. Above them rises an 18-meter (59 ft) metal arrow. It indicates the direction of the main attack of the Soviet forces.[2] Next to the monument is the mass grave of the dead fighters. On the granite slabs their names are stamped out.
The sculptural group depicts the real faces of the liberators of the city: a woman with a gun in her hands is Alexandra Nozadze, the native of Abkhazia and the political leader of a company of the 1151st shooting regiment of the 343rd rifle division of the 56th army; next to her is the commander of the company, Karelian by nationality, Lieutenant Vladimir Milovidov who after death was replaced by Nozadze and the commander of a machine-gun company, the second lieutenant Alexey Filippov.[8]
History
During the Great Patriotic War bloody battles were fought on the territory of the Kumzhensky Grove. The memorial complex "Kumzhenskaya Grove" was built in 1983 in memory of the soldiers who died in those battles.[3] The authors of the complex were architect R. Muradyan, sculptors B. Lapko and E. Lapko.[2] The memorial annually hosts mourning events in memory of the dead soldiers of the Soviet Army. The remains found from the Rostov search groups are interred in a mass grave.[1][5]
Initially, the memorial complex was a museum. But in 2000 a restaurant was opened in the former museum.[1] Journalists and public figures noted that the memorial needed improvement and repair.[4][5][9] There was a significant amount of garbage on the territory of the memorial.[4][9] In April 2012 public organizations of Rostov cleaned the area around the memorial complex, and collected more than 100 garbage bags of trash.[1] At the same time one of the authors of the complex architect Ruben Muradyan, said: "Today the memorial lives full life, it is actual - I see it. Thanks to our search engines, in recent years, the heroes of the war have been buried in a common grave. There are new memorial plaques with the names of the heroes ".[1]
In 2015, in preparation for the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, the memorial complex was restored and landscaped.[10] The illumination of the main stela of the complex, illumination of the alleys, video surveillance, and landscaping was done.
References
- ^ a b c d e Ульяна Алфеева. "Восстановят ли разоренный Кумженский мемориал?".
- ^ a b c "Официальный портал городской Думы и Администрации города". www.rostov-gorod.ru.
- ^ a b Ольга Обухова. "Навечно останется светлая память в сердцах у людей о солдате войны..." docplayer.ru.
- ^ a b c Наталья КРЮКОВА. "И СНОВА БОЙ. С ЧИНОВНИКАМИ". www.rednews.ru.
- ^ a b c Ольга Смысленко (2012). "Нужен ли Ростову музей воинской славы?". Ростов Официальный. № 38 (929).
- ^ Юрий Селезнев (2013-10-04). "Кумженский мемориал для павших героев войны". archive.li. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04.
- ^ "Железнодорожный район" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-10.
- ^ "Живой Ростов - Национальность – солдат Великой Отечественной". werawolw.ru (in Russian).
- ^ a b "Несбывшаяся мечта о метро. Обзор ростовских СМИ". ИА REGNUM (in Russian).
- ^ "Реконструкцию ростовского мемориала "Кумженская роща" завершат к 9 мая". rostov.aif.ru.