Victory Park (Tolyatti)

World War II ordnance at Victory Park
Monument to the Soldiers of the Afghan War

Victory Park (Russian: Парк Победы) is a memorial park in the Auto Factory District (Russian: Автозаводский район, Avtozavodsky rajon) of Tolyatti, Russia. The park is dedicated to the Soviet victory in World War II.

Among the monuments and sculptures in the park are:

  • The Victory Monument (1985) by Simon Winograd
  • Monument to the Soldiers of the Afghan War (1994) by N. I. Kolesnikov[1]
  • On The Beach (1987) by V. V. Kravchenk[2]
Images of Victory Park
  • Mid 20th century field artillery piece
    76mm cannon
  • Large abstract monument consisting of four columns connected near midpoint by a circular metal band
    Victory Memorial
  • Large mid-twentieth-century tank
    JS-3 heavy tank
  • Large mid-twentieth-century assault gun. An assault gun is like tank but there is no turret. Instead, the gun is positioned directly in the front of the hull.
    ISU-152 heavy assault gun.
  • 8-wheeled turreted armored personnel carrier
    BTR-60 postwar armored personnel carrier

References

  1. ^ "Памятник войнам афганцам" [Monument to the Afghan Wars]. Virtual Tolyatti. Retrieved April 12, 2011. (in Russian)
  2. ^ "Скульптурная композиция 'На берегу'" [Sculptural composition 'On the beach']. Names on the Map of Tolyatti. Retrieved April 12, 2011. (in Russian)

53°30′40″N 49°16′26″E / 53.511°N 49.274°E / 53.511; 49.274