Red Army Monument, Rostov-na-Donu
Posted by: haggaeus
N 47° 13.321 E 039° 43.222
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A military monument in the center of Rostov na Donu.
Waymark Code: WM1925
Location: Russia
Date Posted: 02/28/2007
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The monument commemorates the victory of Red Army during Russian Civil War in 1920, when the 1st Cavalry Army, led by Semyon Budyonny, seized the city of Rostov-na-Donu. The composition consists of statues of commander Budyonny on a horse, an infantry soldier with a rifle and lying mariner throwing a grenade.
According to the information in this article in Russian: (
visit link) , it was originally designed for the city of Volgograd, which rejected the artwork, and the sculptor managed to place it in his hometown, Rostov-na-Donu.