Memoriale și monumente în Nijni Novgorod

Memorials and Monuments

Nizhny Novgorod, formerly known as Gorky, served as a major industrial powerhouse during World War II. This collection highlights the 'Gorky Citizens to the Front' open-air exhibition inside the Kremlin, featuring locally manufactured military equipment like the T-34 tank, La-7 aircraft, and the S-13 submarine conning tower. The list also includes historical landmarks like the 1828 obelisk honoring national heroes Minin and Pozharsky, alongside monuments to cultural figures and local war heroes, illustrating the city's deep military and civic history.

Memorials and Monuments — Hartă

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Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.

B

Obelisk Mininu i Pozarskomu

A granite obelisk erected in 1828 to honor the leaders of the 1612 volunteer army. Designed by architect Abraham Melnikov and sculptor Ivan Martos, it is one of the city's oldest monuments.

Cmapm / CC BY 3.0

C

SU-76

The SU-76 was a Soviet light self-propelled gun used during and after World War II.

Mike1979 Russia / CC BY-SA 3.0

D

Lavochkin La-7

The Lavochkin La-7 was a piston-engined single-seat Soviet fighter aircraft developed during World War II by the Lavochkin Design Bureau.

E

Soviet submarine S-13

S-13 was an S-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down by Krasnoye Sormovo in Gorky on 19 October 1938.

ProDiman / Public domain

F

Tank T-34

A T-34-85 medium tank showcased in the Kremlin’s military hardware exhibition. It commemorates the city's Krasnoye Sormovo factory, which produced over 12,000 of these tanks during World War II.

Camera SPC GLENN W. SUGGS (USA) / Public domain

G

76 mm divisional gun M1942

The 76-mm divisional gun M1942 was a Soviet 76.2 mm divisional field gun used during World War II.

Pudelek / CC BY-SA 3.0

H

BA-64

The BA-64 was a Soviet four-wheeled armoured scout car. Built on the chassis of a GAZ-64 or GAZ-67 jeep, it incorporated a hull loosely…

Arnar Ram 2 / CC BY-SA 3.0

I

GAZ-67

The GAZ-67 and the GAZ-67B were general-purpose four-wheel drive Soviet military vehicles built by GAZ starting in 1943.

Maciek Godlewski / CC BY 2.5

J

85 mm air defense gun M1939

The 85 mm air defense gun M1939 was an 85 mm Soviet anti-aircraft gun, developed under guidance of leading Soviet designers M. N.

Atoly / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Grigory Petrovsky

Grigory Ivanovich Petrovsky was a Ukrainian Soviet politician and Old Bolshevik.

Апатинаити / CC BY-SA 3.0

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B. Panin

A memorial to Boris Vladimirovich Panin, a Nizhny Novgorod native and Soviet guard lieutenant who was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for his actions as a pilot in 1943.

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Geroam-komsomolcam, pogibsim v gody VOV

A monument dedicated to the Komsomol (Young Communist League) members from the city who fought and died during the Great Patriotic War between 1941 and 1945.

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