Mausoleum of the Soviet Soldiers
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The Mausoleum of the Soviet Soldiers Cemetery is the burial place of over 21,000 Soviet soldiers who died fighting against Nazi Germany.
Waymark Code: WM19XMW
Location: Mazowieckie, Poland
Date Posted: 05/04/2024
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[PL] Mauzoleum Radzieckich Zolnierzy to miejsce pamieci, gdzie spoczywaja zolnierze Armii Radzieckiej, którzy zgineli podczas II wojny swiatowej w walkach o Warszawe. Zlokalizowane jest w Warszawie, przy ulicy Zwirki i Wigury 51. Powstalo w latach 1949-1950 i jest miejscem spoczynku dla 21 468 poleglych zolnierzy z 1 Frontu Bialoruskiego.
Projekt Mauzoleum powierzono Bohdanowi Lachertowi i Wladyslawowi Niemirskiemu, którzy stworzyli obszerny park z elementami mauzoleum na obszarze 19,2 hektara. Otwarto je 9 maja 1950 roku, w piata rocznice kapitulacji III Rzeszy.
Glówna czesc kompleksu stanowi szeroka aleja, prowadzaca przez trzy tarasy do 21-metrowego granitowego obelisku. Na nim umieszczony byl napis upamietniajacy bohaterskich zolnierzy Armii Radzieckiej, którzy walczyli z hitlerowskim najezdzca o wyzwolenie Polski i Warszawy. W 2015 roku napis zostal zmieniony, upamietniajac zolnierzy Armii Radzieckiej, którzy przyczynili sie do wyzwolenia Polski spod okupacji niemieckiej w latach 1944-1945.
Obok obelisku znajduja sie monumentalne rzezby przedstawiajace zolnierzy Armii Czerwonej, autorstwa Jerzego Jarnuszkiewicza i Stanislawa Lisowskiego.
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[ENG] The Mausoleum of Soviet Soldiers is a memorial site where the soldiers of the Soviet Army who died during World War II in the battles for Warsaw are buried. It is located in Warsaw, at 51 Zwirki i Wigury Street. It was built in 1949-1950 and is the resting place for 21,468 fallen soldiers from the 1st Belorussian Front.
The Mausoleum project was entrusted to Bohdan Lachert and Wladyslaw Niemirski, who created a large park with mausoleum elements on an area of ??19.2 hectares. It was opened on May 9, 1950, on the fifth anniversary of the capitulation of the Third Reich.
The main part of the complex is a wide avenue leading through three terraces to a 21-meter granite obelisk. There was an inscription on it commemorating the heroic soldiers of the Soviet Army who fought against the Nazi invader to liberate Poland and Warsaw. In 2015, the inscription was changed to commemorate the soldiers of the Soviet Army who contributed to the liberation of Poland from German occupation in 1944-1945.
Next to the obelisk, there are monumental sculptures depicting Red Army soldiers, created by Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz and Stanislaw Lisowski.
History:
It was built in 1949-1950. It was opened on May 9, 1950, on the fifth anniversary of the capitulation of the Third Reich.
Visiting Hours/Restrictions:
Open 24/7
Address:
Żwirki i Wigury 51
Warsaw, Mazowieckie Polska
02-091
Website: Not listed
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