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
Brochure “My Trip to the USSR”
The United Kingdom ,
1945
Brochure “My Trip to the USSR”
A gift from the author, the chairman of Aid to Russia Fund at the British Red Cross, to D. Pigalyov, the chairman of the executive committee of the Stalingrad city council of working people's deputies
London