Description of the attraction
The monument "Rear - Front" is the largest monument not only in the city of Magnitogorsk, but also in the entire Chelyabinsk region. The monument is located on the banks of the Ural River in Victory Park, opposite the city administration.
Magnitogorsk, as a place for the construction of this monument, was not chosen by chance. According to statistics, every third shell was made from Magnitogorsk steel, and every second tank was "dressed" in Magnitogorsk armor. Heroism in the rear is equated with a military feat: only thanks to the joint efforts of the rear and the front could victory be won.
The grand opening of the monument took place on June 29, 1979. The opening ceremony was attended by the city authorities, a large number of workers and guests of Magnitogorsk.
The monument "Rear - Front" was the completion of a colossal sculptural triptych. He is the first part in his storyline. The second part of the triptych is the Motherland Monument, erected in Volgograd on the Mamayev Kurgan, and the third is the Liberator Warrior, located in Berlin's Treptower Park. It is assumed that the sword forged on the banks of the Urals was raised in Stalingrad by the "Motherland" and lowered by the "Soldier-Liberator" in Berlin.
The authors of the Magnitogorsk monument were: the sculptor - L. N. Golovnitsky, who worked on his creation for five years, and the architect - Ya. B. Belopolsky.
The monument "Rear Front" in Magnitogorsk is a two-figure bronze composition installed on an artificial 18-meter hill, the base of which is reinforced with reinforced concrete piles. The warrior is oriented to the west, where the main battles took place during the Great Patriotic War, and the worker looks to the east - at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. In front of the monument, you can see a flower-shaped granite star with an Eternal Flame. A capsule with a so-called letter of instruction to residents of 2029 was also walled up here.
On May 9, 2005, another addition to the sculptural composition was opened, made in the form of two triangular sections, on which the names of local residents who died during the war are carved.
