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The Unbowed

Categories / Tsarskoe Selo and town of Pushkin. The digital chronological reference book/The Pantheon of military glory/Monuments of military glory of the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945.

The memorial is situated at the main building of the Detskoselsky State Farm not far from the Pushkin-Kolpino Highway. It symbolizes power and courage of militiamen of the 267th independent machine gun and artillery battalion of the 55th army who fought here in September of 1941. The same battalion was one of the first that entered Pushkin Town on January 24, 1944. The architectural composition includes two various height structures. A shade picture of a soldier and the inscription “This was the main line of Soviet Army’s defense. 1941-1944” are on the higher structure. The inscription “Undying glory to those of you who defended Leningrad” is on the shorter structure.
The monument was inaugurated on June 04, 1966. It was designed by architects E.D. Bychkov and N.N. Karasev.