Address
Sobornyi Avenue, in the square near the Palace of Culture «Dniprospetsstalʹ», Zaporizhzhia
About the place
The monument was erected in 1993 in honor of the Zaporizhzhia soldiers who took part in the Afghan and other local wars. The authors of the monument were the sculptor V. Dubinin and the architect O. Kuzmenko.
One of the longest military conflicts was the war in Afghanistan, where the Soviet Union introduced its troops and equipment in 1978. For 11 long years, Soviet soldiers died senselessly on Afghan soil: 5,190 soldiers from Zaporizhzhia served on the front lines, 127 of whom died. In accordance with the Geneva Convention of April 14, 1988, the USSR began withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan in May 1988. The war was only stopped in 1989.
The monument itself is a three-figure sculpture of soldiers installed on a low pedestal made of granite blocks. On the front of the pedestal, there is a board with a memorial inscription.
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