Memorial to the Liberators
Year of unveiling
1945
Person/persons/event to whom the monument is dedicated
The soldiers of the Red Army who liberated Prešov from Nazi occupaion
Localization
Hlavná ulica Prešov
Location in relation to the surroundings
The monument is in the historic center, in the southern park on Hlavná ulica and is popular among inhabitants and tourists in Prešov.
Text of the inscription
Fame to the heroes of Great Patriotic War. Fame to Russian weapon! To our liberators, heroic Red Army from the people of Prešov on 1st July 1945.
Fame to the Red Army, the liberator of Czechoslovakia, from the burden of Nazi intruders.
Eternal fame to the heres fallen in the battle for liberty and independence of Soviet Union.
In Russian: Proletarians of all countries, unite.
General description
The memorial is composed of plateau with high square pylon covered by marble plates. On the top of the pylon is square calix as a base for four five-pointed stars. Underneath are four symbols of worker’r movement : a hammer and sickle. On the east, north and west side are metal reliefs with inscriptions in Russian and mable tablets with inscriptions in Russian and Slovak. 20 tablets on bottom part of the pylon bear names of the fallen Red Army soldiers.
Condition
Good
The circumstances of unveiling
The memorial to the liberators commemorates the victims of Red Armz soldiers who fell during the World War II at the liberation of Presov from Nayi occupation. It was unveiled in 1945. the author of design is Red Army Captain A.I.Gurjanov. The memorial was originally 'The memorial to Red Army (Soviet Army)'. Right after the was 65 soldiers were burried here. Nowadays it is the Memorial to the liberators and the remains of soldiers were reburried at military cemetery in Košice and else.
Later history
The memorial was reconstructed in 2014.
Contemporary importance
The town of Prešov was liberated on Januray 19th 1945 by the armies of 4th Ukrainian front of the Red Army commanded by general I.J.Petrov. State administration and self-governing region, Russian federation ambassador, Slovak union of anti-fascist workers commemorate the victims of war at the memorial as well as Memorial to the bombing of Prešov on the Konštantín Street by laying wreaths and flowers.
Localization
Gallery
Košický kraj.
Słowacja ,040 01
