Soviet War Memorial

Landstraße, Austria · built 1945

The Soviet War Memorial in Vienna, Austria, more formally known as the Heroes' Monument of the Red Army (Heldendenkmal der Roten Armee), is located at Vienna's Schwarzenbergplatz. The semi-circular white marble colonnade partially enclosing a twelve-metre figure of a Soviet soldier was unveiled in 1945. The memorial was built to commemorate the 17,000 Red Army soldiers killed in action during the Vienna offensive in World War II.

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