Mound of Immortality
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Mound of Immortality (Russian: Курган Бессмертия, Kurgan Bessmertiya) is the name of several memorials/monuments in several places of the former Soviet Union that commemorate the Soviet soldiers and ordinary citizens who fought and perished during the Great Patriotic War (World War II).
In addition there is a Mound of Immortality in honor of Polish-Lithianian-Belarussian poet Adam Mickiewicz in Novogrudok, Belarus.[1]
WWII Mounds of Immortality exist in the following locations:
- Polotsk, Belarus [2]
- Orsha, Belarus [3]
- Bryansk, Russia[4][5][6]
- Smolensk, Russia [7]
- Yefremov, Tula Oblast, Russia [8]
[edit] References
- ^ Novogrudok
- ^ Polotsk
- ^ Orsha
- ^ "Burial Mound of Immortality", Bryansk
- ^ Bryansk Mound of Immortality , wikimapia
- ^ Курган Бессмертия, Bryansk (Russian)
- ^ "Tourist attractions", Smolensk
- ^ Yefremov Mound of Immortality, wikimapia
