Vase from the veterans of Resistance Movement
Italy ,
МЗСБ КП 11784/1
28 х Ø 14,1 cm
stone, plastic, turning, cutting, grinding, casting
Made of stalactite of the grotto where the Resistance units were hiding. Engraving on the gift plate: "To Volgograd comrades from the Slovenian Trieste partisans"
(Volgograjskim tovarisem Slovenski Trzaski partizani).
A gift from the veterans of Resistance Movement.
Trieste
See also
‘Kościuszko. 1746 – 1817’ Medal (Tadeusz Kościuszko), the collection of commemorative medals
Poland ,
May 1977
‘Kościuszko. 1746 – 1817’ Medal (Tadeusz Kościuszko), the collection of commemorative medals
A gift presented to the Museum of the Defence of Tsaritsyn-Stalingrad by a delegation of the Polish People’s Army, May 1977. Made before 1977. The Polish People's Republic
Plaketa “Prague – the mother of cities”
Czechoslovakia ,
Plaketa “Prague – the mother of cities”
Plaketa "Prague - the mother of cities" (Praha matka měst). In the lower right corner, there is the author’s mark: "J. Kulhánek".
A gift from Adolf Svoboda, primator of Prague, to the Chairman of the Stalingrad City Executive Committee Shapurov S.I. on the 10th anniversary of the liberation of Prague by the Red Army, 1955.
Prague
Sculptural composition “Freedom”
Italy ,
1984
Sculptural composition “Freedom”
1984 Peace Creator Award to the people of Volgograd, who knew the horrors of war, from the Sermig community (SERMIG - Youthful Missionary Service Brotherhood of Hope). The stylized figures of a man and a woman hold a crossbar above them, on which a quote from Paul Eluard is burned in Italian: "Freedom, I write your name on the crossbar of my door" (Libertà io scrivo il tuo nome sull' architrave della mia porta. P. Éluard). Ode "Freedom" was written by Éluard in 1942 during the German occupation of France. The base (stand) of the sculptural group has a metal plate attached with the text: “1984 Peace Creator Award / City of bulls to the city of Volgograd” (Premio artigiano per la Pace 1984 / La città di boves alla città di Volgograd).
Piedmont region, Turin