Petr Barbashov Statue

A huge Soviet military statue dedicated to a WWII hero

My wife and I saw it in mid-August when we visited Vladikavkaz as tourists. As distinct from most war memorials from those times, this one does not overwhelm or haunt a visitor. On the contrary, it g...

Very dynamic sculpture, the memory of the heroes of the war.

A large memorial dedicated to the fallen during the Great Patriotic War. The dominant of the complex is the statue of Pyotr Barbashov, who during the battles for Vladikavkaz repeated the feat of Alex...

Classic Soviet Artwork!

Very cool statue commemorating the local service in the great patriotic war WW-2 as we call it. Nice to stop and take pictures, countryside is nice.

He was only twenty-three ...

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My wife and I passed this monument several times, travelling by car in North Ossetia. They didn't stop. The monument is visible from a distance and, unlike many Soviet giant-monstro ...

He made his feat before Matrosov.

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A monument to the real hero. Only here I learned that Peter Barbashov first forced to silence the German machine gun, covering the amprazure of his breast. I knew about Alexander Matrosov since childhood, I was surprised that ...