The Victory Monument is an obelisk monument in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, in honor of the victory in the Great Patriotic War and in memory of the soldiers of the Soviet army , partisans and fighters who died during the Great Patriotic War.
| Monument | |
| Victory Monument | |
|---|---|
| belor Peremogy Manument | |
 Victory Monument at night, 2000s | |
| A country |  Belorussia |
| City | Minsk |
| Project author | G. Zaborsky , V. King |
| Founding date | |
| Date of construction | 1954 |
| Height | 38 m |
| Material | granite, labradorite |
 | Object of the State List of Historical and Cultural Property of the Republic of Belarus Code: 712D000213 |
The monument is one of the symbols of the capital of Belarus, as well as a venue for various events in honor of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Annually, on May 9, on the Victory Day of the Soviet Army and Soviet people over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, a wreath-laying ceremony at the Victory Monument, in which high-ranking officials of the Republic of Belarus and the city of Minsk, veterans of the Great Patriotic War take part. wars , delegations, representatives of the diplomatic corps, students of pre-university educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense.
Wreaths to the Victory Monument are also laid on the Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus [1] [2] .
During state and official visits to the Republic of Belarus, a wreath-laying ceremony at the Victory Monument in Minsk is necessarily included among protocol events.
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Description
Monument compositionally completes the ensemble of Victory Square and is its high-altitude dominant, closes the perspective of streets that converge towards it with rays. The monument is a classic quadrangular obelisk , 38 meters high, lined with gray granite and topped with a massive image of the Order of Victory ( bronze , smalt ).
The edges of the obelisk are rhythmically dissected by narrow ones and completed by wide stripes stylized to the Belarusian national ornament. On the four sides of the pedestal there are bronze high reliefs revealing the idea of the monument: “May 9, 1945” ( A. Bembel ), “Glory to the fallen heroes” ( Z. Azgur ), “Soviet army during the Great Patriotic War” ( S. Selikhanov ) , "Partisans of Belarus" ( A. Glebov ).
The obelisk is placed on a faceted, extended bottom platform of a stepped base ( stylobate ) made of black labradorite , on which is placed a bronze sword entwined with a laurel branch (sculptor S. Saltykov) as a symbol of victory. The whole composition is placed on a wide octagonal stepped podium, four faces of which are cut by cubic black labradorite stylobates with four bronze laurel wreaths on them (sculptor S. Adashkevich). Four bronze wreaths around the obelisk symbolize four fronts, whose fighters took part in the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders.
There is a lawn around the monument and ornamental fir trees are planted.
History
Victory Monument was established in 1954 in the middle of Victory Square (architect G. Zaborsky , V. Korol ). The grand opening of the monument was dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the occupying German troops.
At the foot of the monument on July 3, 1961 , on the day of the 17th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Minsk , an honorary citizen of the city of Minsk , Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel-General A. S. Burdeyny lit an eternal flame.
Post number 1
On July 3, 1984, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Minsk and the Byelorussian SSR from the Nazi invaders, Post No. 1 began work at the Victory Monument. The first on Post # 1 were young men and girls from GPTU No. 8. Since then, Post # 1 in Minsk has never ceased its responsible work [3] .
Every year, about four hundred students of the senior classes of various educational institutions of the city of Minsk (an average of 33-35 schools and gymnasiums of the city) keep the watch of memory four days a week. The coordinator of the activity of Post No 1 is the Minsk State Palace of Children and Youth [4] .