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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - "Your name is unknown, your deed is immortal" - Kremlin Wall, Moscow (1 x PiP)

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - "Your name is unknown, your deed is immortal" - Kremlin Wall, Moscow (1 x PiP)
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial, dedicated to the Soviet soldiers killed during The Great Patriotic War. (22 Jun 1941 – 9 May 1945) The term Great Patriotic War appeared in the Soviet newspaper Pravda on 23 June 1941, just a day after Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. It was found in the title of "The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet People". It is a tradition for newly married couples in Moscow to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier -

The Tomb is located at the Kremlin Wall in the Alexander Garden in Moscow. The remains of the unknown soldiers killed in the Battle of Moscow in 1941 were initially buried in a mass grave of the Shtyki Memorial at the 40th km of the Leningrad highway at the city of Zelenograd. This was the location of the closest approach of the German armies to Moscow during the war. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the battle, in December 1966 these remains were relocated to the Kremlin Wall.The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was designed by architects D. I. Burdin, V. A. Klimov, Yu. R. Rabayev and sculptor Nikolai Tomsky, and was unveiled to the public on May 8, 1967.

The dark red porphyry monument is decorated with a bronze sculpture of a laurel branch and a soldier's helmet laid upon a banner. In front of the monument, there is a five-pointed star in a square field of labradorite, which emanates the Eternal Flame from its center. The flame illuminates a bronze inscription "Имя твоё неизвестно, подвиг твой бессмертен" , "Your name is unknown, your deed is immortal"). The torch for the memorial's Eternal Flame was transported from Leningrad, where it had been lit from the Eternal Flame at the Monument to the Fighters of the Revolution on the Field of Mars. To the left of the tomb is a granite wall with an inlay stating: "1941 - To Those Who Have Fallen For The Motherland - 1945".

To the right of the tomb, lining the walkway are dark red porphyry blocks with incapsulated soils from hero cities, Leningrad, Kiev, Stalingrad, Odessa, Sevastopol, Minsk, Kerch, Novorossiysk, Tula and Brest, Murmansk and Smolensk. The plate for “Stalingrad” read “Volgograd” until September 2004. Further to the right of these monuments is an obelisk in red granite, listing the names of 40 “Cities of Military Glory” divided into groups of four. This monument was dedicated on May 8, 2010.

In memory of Guy Somerfield of York

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14 comments - The latest ones
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Mémorable hommage....!
4 years ago.
Doug Shepherd club has replied to Malik Raoulda club
Many thanks for your kind comment Malik.

Best regards, Doug
4 years ago.
 HappySnapper
HappySnapper
Excellent memorial shot Doug and your documentary does reflect the emotion for those who lost their lives in WW2. I do have mixed feelings about it's sincerity though in light of latter day politics.
4 years ago.
Doug Shepherd club has replied to HappySnapper
Thanks so much for your kind comment Maurice. I don't doubt sincerity of the ordinary
people of Russia regarding this monument and the words. I would however, have to agree with you regarding the politicians. To the political leadership at the time, the lives of both military and civilian men and women were cheap. The same is true of conflicts since then, Korea, Vietnam etc.

All the best, Doug
4 years ago.
 Jocelyne Villoing
Jocelyne Villoing club
Que la flamme ne s'éteigne jamais !***************
4 years ago.
Doug Shepherd club has replied to Jocelyne Villoing club
Indeed Jocelyne - thanks so much for your visit.

All the best, Doug
4 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne club
It is a superb memorial and beautifully photographed Doug, but I agree with your reply to Maurice. Like so many leaders unfortunately.
Best wishes, Rosa.
4 years ago.
Doug Shepherd club has replied to Rosalyn Hilborne club
Thanks so much for your visit and kind comment Rosa.

All the best, Doug
4 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Well spotted and taken.
Thank you for the info.
4 years ago.
Doug Shepherd club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
Your kind comment is much appreciated Jaap.

Best regards, Doug
4 years ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
Interessant Doug ik dacht dat je NU bij Putin was ;-))
4 years ago.
Doug Shepherd club has replied to Fred Fouarge club
Thanks for your visit Fred. No this is one from the archives;-)

All the best, Doug
4 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Interesting and well captured Doug.
4 years ago.
Doug Shepherd club has replied to Roger (Grisly) club
Thanks so much Roger, glad you like it.

All the best, Doug
4 years ago.

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