Slavin War Memorial, Bratislava
The Slavin Memorial commemorates the 7000 Soviet soldiers who died during the liberation of Bratislava from Germany in World War II.
The Slavin Memorial commemorates the 7000 Soviet soldiers who died during the liberation of Bratislava from Germany in World War II. Situated on a hill in the Old Town, the central monument designed by Ján Svetlík in Stalinist style has an 11 metre high statue of a Soviet soldier holding a flag, atop a 39 metre high obelisk on a colonnaded open gallery. Names of Slovak cities liberated by the Red Army are inscribed around the base. The hall contains a symbolic sarcophagus made of white marble, while the cemetery in the surrounding greens has 6 mass graves along with 278 individual graves.
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About Slavin War Memorial
811 04 Bratislava-Old Town, Slovakia
Slavin War Memorial and Nearby Sights on Map
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