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Old 02-01-2010, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Cap'n Jack View Post
Looking at the artillery, the park looks like a memorial to the Great Patriotic War (WWII)- is this so?
Yup that's right. Here are some more from the same park:

Парк Победы - Victory Park
The obelisk is 142m high, 10cm per day of the war (in the Russian version of the start & end dates).


Парк Победы - Victory Park
It reads - "Member Countries of the Anti-Hitler Alliance" - France, Russia, America, England


Парк Победы - Victory Park
Monument to the victims of Hitler's death camps
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