Heldendenkmal der Roten Armee

The soviet memorial standing on Vienna's Schwarzenbergplatz was built in 1945 by the Soviet army to commemorate the 17,000 Soviet soldiers that died in the course of the "Battle for Vienna". The plan to built such a memorial first occurred in February of 1945, before the battle had even started.
art, austria, column, europe, hochstrahlbrunnen, monument, österreich, schwarzenbergplatz, sculpture, statue, vienna, wien
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