Description of the attraction
The memorial complex "To Fighters for Soviet Power" in Mogilev on Sovetskaya Square in Mogilev was built in 1982 and is dedicated to the anniversary of the defense of Mogilev from the Nazi invaders.
The monument was created in Soviet times and reflects the communist ideology of the Soviet Union. The authors of the memorial complex were sculptor L. Gumilevsky, architects K. Alekseev and A. Ivanov.
On a tall granite stele, 13 meters high, there is a 7 meters high bronze woman in flowing robes, symbolizing the Victory. In its swift movement, Victory symbolically overcomes the stages of development of Belarus on its way.
The bronze bas-reliefs depict the revolutionary events of 1917, the period of collectivization, the partisan movement, the defense of Mogilev from the fascist invaders, the post-war period. More recently, another composition has appeared: "The Pride and Glory of the Mogilev Region", depicting the famous natives of Mogilev.
The monument is located on the high bank of the Dnieper near a picturesque park. The architects tried to harmoniously fit it into the landscape. At the foot of the monument, the Eternal Flame is burning at the mass grave of the Red Army soldiers who died in 1920.
Among the residents of Mogilev, the monument evokes ambiguous emotions. There was a time when there was a debate about whether modern Mogilev needed him. City witches named the monument “Oksana with lavsan”. Ironically, the monument faces the city's largest chemical fiber plant.
The monument was erected on the site of the house where the last Russian tsar spent the last years of his reign.
