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The Commemorative Sign of His Majesty's Life-Guards Cossack Regiment
Project managers: V.N. Philippov, architects: Professor V.I. Mukhin, Chief Architect of Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “DARSI” V.V. Smolin, Candidate of Architecture E.E. Lavrushin.
The sign was established at the Cathedral of St
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The Concrete Stele in Yam-Izhora Town
31st kilometer of the Moscow highway.
An embossed image of the Order of the Great Patriotic War is depicted on the front side of the stele. The inscription on the memorial plate reads “Here the brave soldiers of the Leningrad Front occupied strong
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The Crimea Column
A column initially named Siberian Column was erected at the border of the Babolovsky Park in 1777. The column was erected in memory of integration of the Crimea and Russia according to the Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji concluded at the end of the
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The Engineer Combat Training Battalion
The Engineer Combat Training Battalion was established in January 11, 1816.
Its barracks and office premises were located along Pavlovskoye Highway next to the premises of dismounted and mounted model forces
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The Formula of Grief
The monument to the victims of the genocide of the Jews who were residing in Pushkin, is situated at the intersection of Dvortsovaya Street and Moskovskaya Street
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The Green Belt of Glory
It is a complex of memorial installations and parks along the 200 kilometer border-line of the Battle of Leningrad. The memorial was designed by architects G.N. Buldakov, V.L. Gaykevich, and M.A. Sementovskaya
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The Guard (Naval) Company
The Guard (Naval) Company was the first guards unit of the Russia Navy. It was established in February 16 (27), 1810 on the basis of the Rowing Company established by Peter the First in 1710
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The Kagul Obelisk
It is one of the first monuments of military glory erected in Tsarskoye Selo to commemorate the victory of the Russian army in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768 – 1774. The Russian army under the command of General P.A
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The Kazanskoye Cemetery
The Kazanskoye Cemetery is a historic and cultural heritage site. It was established by order of Catherine the second in 1784. The Church of Our Lady of Kazan in the Kazanskoye Cemetery was designed by architect G. Quarenghi
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The Life-Guards 2nd Tsarskoselsky Rifle Regiment
The Life-Guards 2nd Rifle Battalion was established on March 27, 1856 on the basis of the rifle companies of the 2nd Guard Division. The Battalion was made a part of the Old Guard and given all rights and privileges of the Old Guard
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The Life-Guards 4th Imperial Rifle Regiment
A Rifle Regiment was formed of peasants of the Royal Demesne by order of Nikolay the First on October 25, 1845 (during the Crimean War of 1853-1856). The first ceremonial review of the Imperial Rifle Regiment took place on the Sophia parade ground
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The Life-Guards Keksgolm Regiment
The Life-Guards Keksgolm Regiment is one of the oldest regiments of the Russian Army. Only three regiments of the Foot Guards were established by Peter the Great – Preobrazhensky, Semenovsky and Keksgolm Regiments
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The Main Line
The platform at the 21st kilometer.
Here was a contact point between the 42nd and the 55th armies that were defending Leningrad along the south-eastern and the south-western lines
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The Memorial in the Kazanskoye Cemetery in Commemoration of Those Who Died during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
The memorial was built in 1994. It is a stele. The inscription on the base of the monument reads “Undying glory to the soldiers of the Soviet Army who died in combats with the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”
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The Memorial Plate of A.P. Bogolyubov
“Great Russian marine painter and historiographer of the Russian Fleet A.P. Bogolyubov studied here in the Marine Company of the Alexandrovsky Cadet Corps for minors in 1832-1835 and 1838-1840.”
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The Memorial Plate of Lieutenant General I.V. Khazov
“Ivan Vasilyevich Khazov. 1895 – 1944. Lieutenant General, Commander of the 110th infantry corps of the 42nd army of the Leningrad Front that set Pushkin Town and Pavlovsk Town free from Nazi invaders on January 24, 1944”
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The Memorial Plate of M.Y. Lermontov
“Great Russian poet Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov served here in the Life Guard Hussar Regiment in 1834-1837 and 1838-1840.”
Almost all men of the ancient house of the Lermontovs were military men. Following the tradition M
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The Memorial Plate of the Airborne Troops
On August 1930, a small airborne unit for the first time parachuted near Voronezh to perform a tactical task during the field training. This date is recognized as the date of establishment of the Airborne Troops
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The Memorial Plate of V.V. Vereshchagin
“Outstanding Russian artist Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin studied here in the Marine Company of the Alexandrovsky Cadet Corps for minors in 1850-1853”
Vasily Vereshchagin was born on October 14, 1842
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The Military Cemetery at the 4th Kilometer of the Petersburg Highway
The memorial was built in 1966. The creators of the monument are V.A. Neverov, V.A. Sidorov, F.A. Yenikeev, V.P. Boytsov, P.E. Syroyezhkin, and E.V. Cherkasov. It is a 3 meters high black marble stele. An anchor is mounted at the bottom of the stele
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The Military Cemetery at the 703rd Kilometer of the Moscow Highway
A 5 meters high granite obelisk with the inscription “Glory to the heroes who died in combats for the Motherland. 1941 - 1945” stands on a hill. The monument is made of marble and granite
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The Military Cemetery in Kondakopshino Town
It is situated in the Pushkin Administrative District at the 12th kilometer of the Kiev Highway at the turn out to the Lesnoye State Breeding Farm. The monument was designed by architect P.A. Kulebyakin
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The Model Infantry Battalion
The Model Training Battalion was established in Tsarskoye Selo in 1826.
The Model Infantry Battalion prepared instructors in equipment, all types of rifled weapons, manuals, arrangement of garrison and guard service, and uniform and gear wearing
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The Monument to Alexander Nevsky
This outstanding commander of the Ancient Rus, the greatest military leader of that time, the Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir and his small army and Ladoga militia defeated the Swedish forces on July 15 (21), 1240
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The Monument to Hero of the Soviet Union D.M. Karbyshev
Dmitry Mikhailovich Karbyshev (1830 – 1945), Lieutenant General, Hero of the Soviet Union, Military Engineer, Scientist, Professor, Doctor of Military Science. He graduated from the Siberian Cadet Corps
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The Monument to Hero of the Soviet Union V.A. Matrosov
Vadim Alexandrovich Matrosov (1917 – 1999), Hero of the Soviet Union, General of the Army.
He joined the Soviet Army in July of 1941 and took part in the battles of Moscow
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The Monument to Lieutenant General I.V. Khazov
I.V. Khazov was the commander of the 110th infantry corps of the 42nd army of the Leningrad Front. He took part in the lifting of the siege of Leningrad. He was killed in the battles of the Velikaya River
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The Monument to the Headquarters
2nd kilometer of the Pulkovo-Pushkin Highway. A 2 meters high grey granite stele at the eastern verge of the highway marks the place where the headquarters of the 864th, 880th and 891st rifle regiments of the 6th militia division were located
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The Morea Column
It is a monument of military glory commemorating the victories of the Russian marine corps under the command of Count F.G. Orlov in the Russo-Turkish War on the Morea Peninsula (Mediterranean Sea)
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The Moscow Gate
The gate symbolizes the victory of the Russian army in the wars against Turkey and Persia in 1828-1830. This Empire style gate built in 1831 was designed by Russian architect V.M. Gornostayev
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