The central statue of the Soviet War Memorial is the statue of a Soviet soldier standing over a broken swastika. The soldier is holding a sword in one hand and a German child in another. The statue commemorates the deeds of Nikolai Masalov from the village of Voznesenski, Tisulsky District, Kemerovo region, who rescued a German girl during the Battle in Berlin in April of 1945. The Monument created by Soviet sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich, became a symbol of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War and the liberation of Europe from fascism.
Figurine “Soldier-Liberator”
GDR ,
26.08.1975
МЗСБ КП 14302
38 х 18 х 18 cm
ceramics, casting, firing, glazing
Replica of the main monument to the Soviet Army soldiers in Treptower Park in Berlin.
A gift from the delegation of the Central Board of the German-Soviet Friendship Society led by Ulrich Brandenburg to the Tsaritsyn-Stalingrad Defense Museum. Monument "Soldier-Liberator" by sculptor Ye.V. Vuchetich became a symbol of the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War and the liberation of the European nations from Nazism.
See also
Panel depicting the “Stalingrad Madonna”
FRG ,
Panel depicting the “Stalingrad Madonna”
"Stalingrad Madonna" is a drawing made by Kurt Reuber, the German military doctor, with a piece of coal on the back of the Soviet geographical map on the night of December 24 to 25, 1942, being surrounded during the final stage of the Battle of Stalingrad. It is stored at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.
Gift from the delegation of FRG
Order of the Two Niles: a badge and a star
Sudan ,
1969 год, 1 ноября
Order of the Two Niles: a badge and a star
Order of the Two Niles: a badge and a star. Award from Jaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, the Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the Democratic Republic of Sudan, to the city of Volgograd,
