Memorial in honour of heroes of the Battle of Kursk

1. More than fifty years have passed since the day when the Soviet Army hoisted the Banner of Victory over the thrown Reichstag. The Second World War unleashed by the fascist Germany lasted from 1939 to 1945 and carried away dozens of millions of human lives.

2. Many heroic pages have been added by the Soviet people-conquerors and the Red Army into the chronicle of World War II and one of most glorious is the defeat of German troops in the battle of Kursk.

3. In the honour of the heroes of the great battle in 1973 the Memorial was built on the 624th kilometer of the Moscow-Simferopol highway. The authors of the project are the painters from Belgorod A.I.Grebenyuk, V.I.Kazak, V.D.Leus and the architect A.T.Bozhko.

4. In the foreground there is a monument to the Soviet tankmen - a legendary tank T-34. In the hall of Battle Glory there is a display of sacred relics testifying to the feats of combined arms and services, tank and aviation units which took part in combat operations against German-fascist troops in the Belgorod direction. Here are some samples of arms, private things, documents, photos of soldiers and commanding officers. In the common grave which is near the entrance to the hall of Battle Glory there are remains of the perished soldiers-gunners.

5. In the southern part of the Memorial at the attitude of 254.5 trenches, means of communication and a dug-out preserved since war times have been restored.

6. In the center of the Memorial the Everlasting Fire has been set in the memory of the valorous soldiers of Fatherland.

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