The Storm

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(the 30th kilometer of the Moscow Highway)
A 12 meters high granite obelisk rises over the 30th kilometer of the Moscow Highway. It resembles a triangular-shaped bayonet. Here the 168th rifle division stopped the enemy and took up defensive dispositions after exhausting and sanguinary battles on September 24, 1941. Here the Izhora labor battalion conducted a severe battle with Hitler’s army and didn’t bate an inch. The 7th independent marine brigade replaced the 168th rifle division in October of 1941. Commands of the 55th army were protecting this line for 900 days. The inscription on the monument reads “Heroism and inflexible will of the soldiers of the 55th army stopped the enemy heading for Leningrad at this line in September of 1941”. The monument was inaugurated on June 25, 1957. It was designed by architect M.K. Melikov. Izhora Battalion