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Victory Park (Tolyatti)

Victory Park (Russian: Парк Победы) is a memorial park in the Auto Factory District (Russian: Автозаводский район, Avtozavodsky rajon) of Tolyatti, Russia. The park is dedicated to the Soviet victory in World War II.

World War II ordnance at Victory Park
Monument to the Soldiers of the Afghan War

Among the monuments and sculptures in the park are:

  • The Victory Monument (1985) by Simon Winograd
  • Monument to the Soldiers of the Afghan War (1994) by N. I. Kolesnikov[1]
  • On The Beach (1987) by V. V. Kravchenk[2]
Images of Victory Park
  • Mid 20th century field artillery piece
    76mm cannon
  • Large abstract monument consisting of four columns connected near midpoint by a circular metal band
    Victory Memorial
  • Large mid-twentieth-century tank
    JS-3 heavy tank
  • Large mid-twentieth-century assault gun. An assault gun is like tank but there is no turret. Instead, the gun is positioned directly in the front of the hull.
    ISU-152 heavy assault gun.
  • 8-wheeled turreted armored personnel carrier
    BTR-60 postwar armored personnel carrier

References

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  1. ^ "Памятник войнам афганцам" [Monument to the Afghan Wars]. Virtual Tolyatti. Retrieved April 12, 2011. (in Russian)
  2. ^ "Скульптурная композиция 'На берегу'" [Sculptural composition 'On the beach']. Names on the Map of Tolyatti. Retrieved April 12, 2011. (in Russian)

53°30′40″N 49°16′26″E / 53.511°N 49.274°E / 53.511; 49.274

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