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The Glory Memorial |
Though sometimes we dont know
the names of those who sacrificed their lives for homeland, whose hearts
were brave to die for others.
Though sometimes we dont know their names they do have them.
Their names are Heroes.
The Great Patriotic War was
the time full of grief, sorrow, losses, blood and death. It is the saddest
page in the history of Voronezh. It was during 212 days when Voronezh was
separated by battle lines into live and dead town.
During the war Voronezh was completely devastated. You see the ruins of the
City Hospital which has never been reconstructed to remind people of the past by
its horrifying sight. Can you imagine the whole city looking like this?
There are a lot of monuments to the soldiers who defended Voronezh during
the war. Theres the Eternal Fire at the bottom of one of them. People often
bring flowers to the monuments to express their gratitude for the chance to
live, to love, to get married and have children to those who were deprived
of that by the war.
On the day of their marriage young couples also come to the monuments to get
a silent blessing of their grandparents who were killed in the war.
In the centre of the city there is a monument in the honor of Victory
Day.
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The memorial on Victory Square
(The Eternal Fire) |
