The Concrete Stele in Yam-Izhora Town

Categories / Tsarskoe Selo and town of Pushkin. The digital chronological reference book/The Pantheon of military glory/Monuments of military glory of the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945.
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 fortifications of the enemy on June 23, 1942”. A few shells are at the bottom of the stele. 168th rifle division fought in this region in September of 1941 and prevented breakthrough of tank units of Hitler’s army at the Moscow Highway. The division played a crucial part in the defense of the city. Battles for Yam-Izhora that was thoroughly prepared for all-round defense by the enemy, started with renewed vigour in the summer of 1942. The 55th army defeated the enemy heavily in the battles and strengthened its positions. The stele was erected in 1944.
The project was designed by architect Y.M. Zeleny. The memorial was designed by architect A.I. Kuznetsov (with the assistance of architect S.B. Speransky).