Description of the attraction
One of the first original sculptures of the city of Murmansk was the monumental monument to Anatoly Bredov. The monument was erected at the expense of the residents of the city. Bredov Anatoly Fedorovich - Hero of the Soviet Union, commander of the machine-gun section of the 155th Infantry Regiment, belonging to the 14th Infantry Division of the Fourteenth Army of the Karelian Front; served as a sergeant. Bredov A. F. was born on July 14, 1923 in the city of Novgorod in an ordinary working class family. In Murmansk, he graduated from a seven-year school, and in 1938 went to work as an electrician in a shipyard in the city of Murmansk. In April 1942, Bredov was called up for military service in the ranks of the Red Army.
In the fall of 1944, the 155th regiment decided to enter the Titovka-Petsamo road and begin an assault on one of the heights called Pridorozhnaya. According to Bredov's calculation, the machine gun destroyed more than 80 Germans, to which the Germans also responded with shelling. As a result, only the gunner Nikita Ashurkov and Anatoly Bredov himself remained from the ranks of the Soviet soldiers, who began to throw grenades at the Germans. Being in a hopeless position, Ashurkov and Bredov hugged and blew themselves up and the machine gun with the last grenade. The remaining soldiers of the 155th Infantry Regiment were so inspired by the act of their comrades that they quickly occupied the Roadside Height. It is worth noting that Ashurkov survived in this battle - he was picked up on the fifth day by soldiers from the sanitary battalion. After accomplishing such a heroic feat, Anatoly Bredov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
In 1956, the idea arose of perpetuating the feat of Bredov, which was the initiative of the cadets of the Higher Naval School, who invited the youth of the city to collect funds for the erection of the monument. This has garnered widespread approval in Murmansk. During subbotniks and Sundays, the youth collected waste paper and scrap metal, and then sent the proceeds to a fund specially designated for this. The city council of the Komsomol decided to conclude an agreement on the creation of the monument in cooperation with the pictorial and sculptural combine in the city of Leningrad. A team led by the young talented sculptor Yastrebinetsky G. D.
The opening ceremony of the monument took place on May 9, 1958. On the day of the opening of the monument, by eight o'clock in the morning, almost the entire population of the city gathered at the intersection of Profsoyuzov Street and Lenin Avenue. During the ceremony, the speakers proclaimed fiery speeches and vowed eternal loyalty to the country for whose honor Anatoly Bredov gave his life. The most important performance of the ceremony was the address of Fyodor Mikhailovich - the father of the deceased hero, who himself was a front-line soldier. During his speech, he could not hide his excitement as he told the story of his son's life. The first bouquet of flowers that was laid at the foot of the monument was the bouquet of Stephanida Grigorievna, the mother of Anatoly Bredov.
The height of the sculpture is three meters and depicts a brave soldier at the time of the greatest stress of his physical and moral strength. The right hand is raised high and firmly squeezes the grenade, and the hero's face expresses deep spiritual strength and readiness to go to the end in any situation, fulfilling his duty to the Motherland. A raincoat-tent develops on the figure, which emphasizes the decisiveness of the movements, and the dressed tunic fits a strong body, showing the tension of all muscles at the moment of the last throw, which forever immortalized Anatoly Bredov in the ranks of the immortals. The warrior stands on a granite block, which in its soulless peace contrasts with the figure of a soldier full of determination.
The memory of the glorious hero Bredov is alive. As before, newlyweds carry flowers to it, parents with children approach, and on each military holiday many scarlet carnations and wreaths cover the pedestal. In 2003, Anatoly Bredov would have turned 80 years old, but he will forever remain young, such as created by his talented hands of the sculptor.
