Slavín
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- The Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague is also known as Slavín
Slavín in Bratislava is a memorial monument and cemetery for Soviet Army soldiers who fell during World War II while liberating the city of Bratislava in April 1945 from Nazi German troops. It is situated on a hill surrounding with rich garden suburbs and embassy residencies close to the center of Bratislava.
Grandiose monument and cemetery of soldiers of Soviet army, who were killed in deliverance of Bratislava during 2.World War, is nowadays Slovak national culture memorial. On the top of the 39.1 meter high pylon stands 11 meter high sculpture conqueror soldier from A.Trizuljaka. Bronze caisson door memorial auditorium decorate reliefs R.Pribiša. Monument dedicated in 1960 on the occasion of the 15.jubilee of deliverance of city by Soviet army. In the close cemetery are buried 6845 soldiers. Exactly 63 years after war this monument represents the city Lucenec as one of the important cities by acquirement of freedom and the peace. On it's walls we can see legend of cities with datum of theirs deliverance...
It was constructed between 1957 and 1960 on the site of a field cemetery, and opened on April 3, 1960 on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the city's liberation. The monument was constructed similar in kind to the Palace of Culture and Science in Stalinist architectural style. In 1961 it was declared a National Cultural Monument. Its designer was Ján Svetlík.
The site consists of:
- A solemn staircase
- A cemetery with graves (6 mass graves, 278 individual graves) of 6,845 Soviet soldiers who fell while liberating Bratislava
- The central solemn hall with various statues, inscriptions, and a symbolic sarcophagus made of white marble. It also features a 39.5 m high obelisk topped with a statue of a Soviet soldier, and on the outside walls are inscriptions of the dates of liberation of various places in Slovakia during 1944-45.
Another facts about Slavin :
- This monument is situated into Malé Karpaty , and it´s is very often attended because of beautiful view .
- In the area of Slavin are also more statues of slovak famous artists. For Example : Tibor Bártfay, Jozef Kostka etc.
- In 2005 Vladimir Putin, russian president, visited it during his meeting with G.W. Bush in Bratislava.
- There is day of Bratislava´s liberation on 4.April ,when people and president show their honor to fallen soviet soldiers.
If You want to see a 3D model click here - https://davinci.fmph.uniba.sk/~rabcan1/slavin.php If You want to know where can you find this memorial click here http://www.panoramio.com/map/?user=1814502#lt=48.153332&ln=17.100037&z=0&k=1&a=1&tab=4
