Probably not on the planet of another monument that stretches for two hundred kilometers . Its obelisks, stelae, memorial gardens and groves are planted and planted in honor of those who stood to death near the walls of the city . Monuments of the Green Belt of Glory perpetuated the heroism of the defenders of Pulkovo heights and fortitude soldiers who did not let the enemy on the right bank of the Neva near the Ivanovo rapids, the courage of those who battles was on Nevskaya Dubrovka and stopped the enemy at the western quarters of the city . Their dozens, modest and majestic monuments in memory of famous and nameless heroes, sons and daughters of our Motherland .

There are monuments dedicated to the heroes of the Ladoga route, in which Leningrad during the blockade maintained contact with the Big Land - in the summer along the water, and in winter on the ice of the Ladoga Lake. From Rzhevka to Lake Ladoga Lined kilometer posts along the asphalt belt. Each of them is a memorial stele, on which, next to the five-pointed star, the words "The Way of Life". They are forty-five.

Monuments of the Green Belt of Glory

At the borders of the Leningrad blockade ring

Kirovsky shaft

Obelisk to the defenders of the city of Leningrad. It is part of the memorial "Kirovsky Val", which is part of the Green Belt of Glory of Leningrad. Established in 1946. Architects: L. Yu. Galperin, DM Spreiser. The material from which the monument was created is granite, marble. On the front side of the base is reinforced a marble plaque with the text: "Glory to the defenders of the city of Lenin. 1941-1944 »

Pulkovo boundary

Memorial, part of the Green Belt of Glory. It is located at the turn where in September 1941 the offensive of the German fascist troops was stopped. It was built in 1967 on the southern slope of the Pulkovo heights, 20 km from the Kiev highway. On a horizontal concrete stele of 34 m long - a mosaic panel dedicated to the military and labor exploits of the Leningraders, on the sides on the southern slope of the Pulkovo heights - two T-34 tanks.

Militiamen

A complex of memorials on the battle lines for Leningrad 1941-1944 created to perpetuate the memory of his heroic defenders. The first construction of the future complex appeared even during the Second World War - a stela between the Ligov and Sosnovaya Polyana.

Unconquered

Memorial in memory of city defense in 1941-1944. It is built near the fork of the Pushkin-Kolpino road - the state farm "Detskoselsky". On the raised platform there is a concrete stele with the image of the attacking soldier and the inscription "Here passed the front line of defense of the Soviet troops. 1941-1944 "and next to it another stele of lower height with the inscription" To You Who Defended Leningrad, Eternal Glory "

There is also a separate commemorative inscription with the inscription:" To the units of the 237 rifle division and the Krasnogvardeisky fortified area, which held back the onslaught of the fascist invaders in September 1941 . »

Sturm

Stela built in memory of the feat of soldiers of the 268th Infantry Division, which was part of the 55th Army, who fought in June 1942 on the Leningrad front between Kolpin and Yam-Izhora. The obelisk was installed at the line where the offensive of the German fascist troops was stopped in Leningrad in September 1941.

Izhora ramming ramp

Three vertical pillars supporting the massive concrete beam forwarded forward, the monument actually resembles a stenobitic cannon, which in ancient times destroyed the fortresses. "Taran" indicates the boundary at which Leningrad defended together with the soldiers of the front the militiamen of the Izhora plant in 1941-1944

Nevsky threshold

At the top of the sloping hill, a site was paved with concrete slabs. On it is a 23-meter horizontal stele, which lies on three transversely delivered blocks. The memorial inscription on the stele lists the units and formations that fought at this turn in 1941-1944. Blocks are installed with a shift one in relation to the others and have different lengths. Near the monument are stuck holes, one of them inscription: "The traveler, tell Leningrad - the enemy did not pass."

Nameless height

One of the most majestic monuments of the Green Belt of Glory. The slopes of the 20-meter mound hill, rising above the steep bank, resemble a pyramid. Concrete staircases lead to observation platforms made in the form of acute angled projections. On the upper platform - a symbolic bronze sculptural group: the figures of soldiers, who are calling for a woman - the personification of Victory and fortitude. Memorial inscriptions are placed on the ledges of the sites

Nevsky Pyatachok

The left-bank bridgehead of the Soviet troops, who fought against the Nazi invaders in 1941-1943. The memorial includes a mass grave.

Breakthrough

Memorial is installed on the site of the breakthrough of the siege of Leningrad

Sister

Was built in 1966 at the mouth of the Sisters River. On this line, during the war years, the line of defense of the 120th Fighter Battalion of the 23rd Army was held

The World Garden

The Memorial is dedicated to units and formations of the 21st and 23rd armies of the Leningrad Front. The site, which is extinguished by concrete boards, on the right side there are flagpoles. In the depths of the hill there is a wall of granite blocks with text. To the right of the wall antitank sticks are installed, and to the left seven apple trees are planted. From the left part of the memorial in the field leaves a birch alley 175 meters long.

Lembolovskaya Stronghold

On the vertical stele bas-reliefs of mother and child, on two pylons of the date of the defense of Leningrad. 1941-44 and the bas-relief "Fragment of the Battle". At this point in September 1941, parts of the 23rd Army stopped the Finnish offensive. The memorial also includes a monument to the Heroes of the Soviet Union, Captain SM Alyoshin, Senior Lieutenant VA Goncharuk and Senior Sergeant NA Bobrov, who in July 1942 sent their burning aircraft to the position of an artillery battery of the enemy. road Life Roads

Flower of Life

Memorial was built in 1968 in the valley of the river. Luppa near the village of Kovalevo on the road "Roads of Life" in memory of the children of Leningrad, who died during the siege. On an artificial hill, a concrete flower 15 m high, around 2 rows of concrete inclined slabs. A friendship alley was erected in 1984, connecting the memorial to the Funeral Mound, on which 8 concrete slabs were installed with the text of the Tanya Savicheva's Diary.

The Way of Life - the only road so called during the siege of the time was laid through Lake Ladoga, thanks to which communication was carried out with the besieged city

Mamorial from the metal leaves of oak and laurel, next to the stele with the text of the poem OF F. Berggolts:

"Dear dear, bread came to us,

dear friends of many to many.
@
Still do not know on the ground
terrible and joyful roads. "

Katyusha

The monument was built in 1966 on a hill where in 1941-1943 antiaircraft units were deployed covering the Road of Life. 5 14-meter steel beams symbolize the famous Katyusha rocket.

Broken ring

The monument consists of two reinforced concrete arches symbolizing the ring of the blockade, the gap between them - the Road of Life. On the site under the arches in the concrete - traces of the tread of machines. Near the memorial there are two reinforced concrete balls simulating searchlights and anti-aircraft guns caliber of 45 mm

The steel way

The monument consists of a stele 8 meters high, on which there are bas-reliefs of railwaymen and a memorial inscription telling about their feat in 1941-1944 years. A steam locomotive EM-721-83 built in 1933 was erected near the station for permanent parking

Ferry

The monument was erected in memory of the pontoon warriors of the 3rd pontoon-bridge brigade of the reserve of the main command, who led several crossings after the breakthrough of the blockade Leningrad in February 1943.

At the borders of the Oranienbaum bridgehead

The courageous beach

The monument is located on the right bank of the Voronka River at the extreme point of the western boundary of the Oranienbaum bridgehead . Here, during the war years, the soldiers of the 8th Army and Seamen of the Baltic Fleet . Peres d stela - flagpole site . On the right side of the road - anti-tank concrete hooks . On September 15, 1991 in the stele a capsule with a message to descendants was laid, which is supposed to be opened 15 . 09 . 2041 . @ The letter ends with the words: "Remember those who did not become kneeling back in 1941 . Be worthy of this memory" . At the memorial, on the right side of the road, the veterans planted an oak - a symbol of perseverance and invincibility, with the left the sides of the road erected a memorial on the site of the burned-out village of Kernovo during the military operations .

cial abroad

Memorial as part of the "Green Belt of Glory" in the Oranienbaum bridgehead, established in 1966 in the area of ​​the village was destroyed by the war Terent'evo. The monument was built on a voluntary basis in 1966.

Gostilitsky

On the mass grave of the memorial there is an eight-meter granite obelisk with the inscription telling about the exploits of Soviet soldiers, sailors of the Baltic Fleet and militias in September 1941 and about battles in January 1944.

January Thunder

January 14, 1944 from this point the Soviet troops launched an offensive that ended with the destruction of the Krasnoselsko-Ropshinsky enemy grouping. On the natural hill there is a concrete pylon 8 m high, on the front side there is a memorial inscription and bas-relief images of the defenders of Leningrad.

Yakor

The monument recreates the battle picture, the marble stele is as if inscribed in a part of the wall of the destroyed sea fortress, the wall supports the anchor. The general composition is completed by the naval flag, emphasizing the inflexibility, the immortality of the garrison, which can withstand the onslaught of the enemy.

Attack

Tank T-34, which participated in the January 1944 battles, is directed at a 6-meter concrete pedestal. The memorial plaque mentions units and formations that stopped the German-fascist offensive in September 1941 and held the line before the Govorov army attacked.

Primorsky

Primorsky Memorial Complex, also Primorsky Memorial - a complex of memorial structures of the Green Belt of Glory, located in Petrodvorets near Petrodvortsovy a watch factory and the English Park - at the fork of the road to Lomonosov and Gostilitsa. This is a memorial cemetery of Soviet soldiers who died in battle and sappers who died during the demining of Petrodvorets after his release.

Rumbolovskaya Gora, Green Belt of Glory

Nameless Height, Green Belt of Glory

Memorial "Nevsky Piglet", Green Belt of Glory

Broken Ring, Green Belt of Glory