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Vyborg, Russia

Братская могила советских воинов, павших в боях на Карельском перешейке (с бронзовой фигурой советского воина на гранитном постаменте) (Выборг)

Vyborg, Russia

Братская могила советских воинов, павших в боях на Карельском перешейке (с бронзовой фигурой советского воина на гранитном постаменте) (Выборг)
Photo: Nikolai Bulykin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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In Vyborg, Russia, a war memorial commemorates Soviet soldiers who fell during battles on the Karelian Isthmus. Completed in 1957 and designed by architect Aleksandr Ivanovich Alymov, the monument exemplifies socialist realism in its formal aesthetic. The composition consists of a bronze figure of a Soviet soldier mounted atop a granite pedestal, combining the symbolic weight of figurative sculpture with the enduring materiality of stone. The memorial holds status as a regional cultural heritage site, preserving memory of a significant World War II theater in the contested borderlands between Finland and the Soviet Union.

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Movement

Built
Type
war memorial, historic site
Materials
granite, bronze
Heritage
regional cultural heritage site in Russia
Place
Vyborg, Russia

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Location

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