Moscow: Memorial

Places and attractions in the Memorial category

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow is a poignant and solemn memorial dedicated to the soldiers who perished without recognition during World War II. Located at the Kremlin Wall in the Alexander Garden, the tomb represents the countless unknown servicemen who...

Monument to the Conquerors of Space

The Monument to the Conquerors of Space is a towering tribute to the Soviet space program, located in Moscow, Russia. This impressive structure, standing at a height of 107 meters, was inaugurated in 1964 to celebrate the achievements of the USSR in space exploration...

Monument to Yuri Gagarin

The Monument to Yuri Gagarin stands as a towering tribute to the pioneering spirit of space exploration in the heart of Moscow, Russia. This historical landmark honors Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space.

Cosmonauts Alley

Cosmonauts Alley is a tribute to the pioneers of space exploration, nestled in the heart of Moscow, Russia. This majestic avenue serves as a commemorative walkway, leading to the Monument to the Conquerors of Space, a towering sculpture that pays homage to the...

Ho Chi Minh monument

In the bustling city of Moscow, a tribute to the Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh stands as a symbol of the friendship between Vietnam and Russia. The Ho Chi Minh monument, inaugurated in 1990, is a significant cultural landmark for both Vietnamese residents...

Triumphal Arch of Moscow

The third and the oldest surviving Triumphal Arch in Moscow was built in 1829–34 on Tverskaya Zastava Square to Joseph Bové's designs in order to commemorate Imperial Russia's victory over Napoleon.

Alexander Fadeev Monument

The Alexander Fadeev Monument is a sculptural ensemble dedicated to the Soviet writer Alexander Aleksandrovich Fadeyev and the heroes of his works "Defeat" and "Young Guards". Established in Moscow on the Miusskaya square in front of the Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren. The authors of the monument are sculptor V. A.

Monuments to Herzen and Ogaryov on Mokhovaya Street

Monuments to Herzen and Ogaryov on Mokhovaya Street were installed in Moscow on Mokhovaya Street in front of the old building of Moscow State University and form a single ensemble. They were opened in 1922. The authors of the monuments are the sculptor N. A. Andreev and the architect V. D. Kokorin.

House of Lobkov on the Sophia Embankment

The House of Lobkov on the Sophia Embankment is a mansion in the center of Moscow. Built around 1816 in the Empire style. It was rebuilt in 2003 with a superstructure of the attic floor.

Monument to Friedrich Engels

The Monument to Friedrich Engels was installed in 1976 in Moscow near the metro station "Kropotkinskaya". The authors of the monument are sculptor I. I. Kozlovsky, architects A. A. Zavarzin and A. A. Usachev. The monument has the status of an identified cultural heritage site.

Monument to the Heroes – Schoolchildren

The Monument to the Heroes – Schoolchildren is a memorial, established in Moscow in 1971 near the school building № 110. Dedicated to schoolchildren who died in the Eastern Front of World War II. The designers of the monument are the sculptor D. Yu. Mitlyansky and the architects E. A. Rozenblum and P. I. Skokan.

Monument to Sergei Rachmaninov

The Monument to Sergei Rachmaninov was installed in 1999 in Moscow on Strastnoy Boulevard. The authors of the monument are sculptors O. K. Komov, A. N. Kovalchuk and architect Yu. P. Grigoriev. The monument has the status of a declared object of cultural heritage.

Solovetsky Stone

The Solovetsky Stone is a monument on Lubyanka Square in Moscow to the victims of political repression. It is in close proximity to the Lubyanka Building, headquarters since 1918 of Soviet security services, from the Cheka to today's FSB.

Wall of Grief

The Wall of Grief is a monument in Moscow to the victims of political persecution by Joseph Stalin during the country's Soviet era. The national memorial was unveiled by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow on October 30, 2017, the annual Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions.

MSU Faculty of History

The Faculty of History is one of the faculties of the Moscow State University. Established at 1934 on the base of the Historical-philological faculty of the university. The dean of the faculty was Sergey Karpov.

Tsoi Wall

The Tsoi Wall is a graffiti-covered wall in Moscow, dedicated to musician Viktor Tsoi and his band Kino. The wall is located at the house №37, at the intersection of Arbat Street and Krivoarbatsky Lane and is considered one of Moscow's landmarks.

Monument to Vladimir the Great

The Monument to Vladimir the Great is a 17.5-metre-high monument to Vladimir the Great, located in Borovitskaya Square in central Moscow. It was designed by the designer Salavat Scherbakov on the initiative of the Russian Military Historical Society and the city government. The opening ceremony was held on 4 November 2016.

Monument to Joseph Brodsky

The Monument to Joseph Brodsky was installed in 2011 in Moscow on Novinsky Boulevard near the United States embassy building. The authors of the monument are the sculptor Georgy Frangulyan and the architect Sergey Skuratov.

Monument to the heroes of Perekop

Monument to the heroes of Perekop is a memorial sign installed in Moscow on Perekopskaya street near the intersection with Sevastopol Avenue on November 15, 1972. The monument is dedicated to the Siege of Perekop during the Russian Civil War in the autumn of 1920 and the Crimean Offensive by the Red Army in the spring of 1944.

Tenement house with a wine shop

The tenement house with a wine shop is a historical building in Moscow. It was built in 1903 by architect A. Erichson in the Art Nouveau style. The building has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

Thought

Thought is a sculpture made by S. D. Merkurov in 1911–1913. In 1955 it was installed on Merkurov's grave at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Spaso House

Spaso House is a listed Neoclassical Revival building at No. 10 Spasopeskovskaya Square in Moscow. It was originally built in 1913 as the mansion of the textile industrialist Nikolay Vtorov. Since 1933, it has been the residence of the U.S.

Buildings of the Northern Insurance Company

The Buildings of the Northern Insurance Company is a complex of two houses in the center of Moscow. Built in 1910–1911 for the Northern Insurance Company. The buildings have the status of objects of cultural heritage of regional significance.

Mansion of Chizhov

The mansion of Chizhov is a complex of buildings in the center of Moscow. Built in the early 19th century in Empire style on the basis of earlier buildings. At present the estate is occupied by the Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Shtyki Memorial

The Shtyki Memorial, also named the Monument to the Defenders of Moscow, is a memorial complex in honour of those who defended Russia in the Battle of Moscow. At the site are a common grave and an architectural complex.

House E. S. Lobkova

The House E. S. Lobkova is a mansion in the center of Moscow. Built in 1807 in Empire style. Currently, it is the representative office of the Altai territory. The house of E. S. Lobkova has the status of an object of cultural heritage of Federal importance.

Profitable house of A. D. Sidamon-Eristov

The Profitable house of A. D. Sidamon-Eristov is a building in the center of Moscow near the Patriarch's Ponds. It was built in 1910-1911 in neoclassical style according to the project of architect V. A. Velichkin.

City Estate of the 18th and 19th centuries

The City Estate of the 18th and 19th Centuries is a historical building in Moscow. The farmstead is located in Starokirochny Lane in the territory of the former German settlement.

Sytin's house in Sytinsky lane

Sytin's house in Sytinsky lane is a wooden building in the center of Moscow. A unique example of the construction of the city before the fire of 1812, it is the main house of the city manor of the noble family Sytinykh.

Manor of Priklonskaya — Levashov — Kildyushevsky

The Manor of Priklonskaya — Levashov — Kildyushevsky is a building in the center of Moscow. Represents the rebuilt chambers of the 17th century. The building has the status of an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.

House of Gusiatnikovs

The House of Gusiatnikovs is a mansion of the beginning of the 19th century in the center of Moscow. In the courtyard of the house there are chambers of the 17th century.

Monument to Lenin in Luzhniki

The monument to Lenin in Luzhniki is a statue of Vladimir Lenin outside the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. It was installed in 1960 on the square in front of the central entrance of the stadium. The designers of the monument are the sculptor Matvey Manizer and the architect Igor Rozhin.

Mozginyh tenement house

The Mozginyh tenement house is a historic building in the center of Moscow, built in the early 20th century.

City Estate of N. A. Sumarokov — N. A. Tyuliaeva

The City Estate of N. A. Sumarokov — N. A. Tyuliaeva is a building in the center of Moscow. At the heart of the building is the 17th century chambers. Currently, the building is occupied by the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society. The city manor has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

Volkonsky House

The Volkonsky House located at 9 Vozdvizhenka Street in central Moscow, Russia is considered the prototype of the house of old Prince Bolkonsky in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace.

Uzkoye

Uzkoe is a historic estate in the southwestern part of Moscow. Before 1629, the area belonged to Prince Gagarin, then it passed to Maksim Streshnev, a cousin of Tsarina Eudoxia Streshneva.

Krasheninnikovy residential house

The Krasheninnikovy residential house is a historical mansion in Moscow, located at 20 Kozhevnicheskaya Street, building 19. It was built in 1800. The Krasheninnikovs' dwelling house has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

Town Estate of Popov — Elagin

The Town Estate of Popov – Elagin is a building in the center of Moscow. Built in the 1830s in the late Empire style. The city manor has the status of an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.

House with Chambers in Small Palashevsky Lane

The House with Chambers in the Small Palashevsky Lane is a historical building in the center of Moscow. At the base of the building, built in the late 18th century, are the chambers of the 17th century. The house with chambers has the status of an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.

Kommunarka shooting ground

The Kommunarka firing range, former dacha of secret police chief Genrikh Yagoda, was used as a burial ground from 1937 to 1941.

Outbuilding of the town estate of Savva Mamontov

The Outbuilding of the town estate of S. I. Mamontov is a house in Moscow on the Garden Ring. The only surviving building of the city manor. Built in the 1870s, it was built in the beginning of the 1890s under the project of the artist M. A. Vrubel, who after that lived there for some time.

House of Denis Davydov in Bolshoy Znamensky Lane

The house of Denis Davydov in Bolshoy Znamensky Lane is a mansion beginning of the 19th century in the center of Moscow. In this house from 1826 to 1830 lived the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, Major-General Denis Davydov.

Chef's house

Chef's house or Tames house is a historic building in the Khamovniki district in Moscow. It was built in the late 18th century on the basis of chambers built earlier that century. It is part of the Khamovniki barracks complex.

I.I. Karzinkin House

The I.I. Karzinkin House is a historical building in Moscow. The apartment house was built in 1874 by the architect V. N. Karneev in the spirit of eclecticism. Writer V. A. Gilyarovsky lived in the house. The building has the status of an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.

Monument to Nil Filatov

The Monument to Nil Filatov was installed in 1960 in Moscow in the square of the Maiden Field. The authors of the monument are sculptor V. E. Tsigal and architects G. I. Gavrilov and E. I. Kutyrev. The monument has the status of an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.

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