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Glory Square

The youngest square of Khabarovsk – Glory square, is located on the high bank of the Amur River. It was opened on the 30th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. It is located in the central part of the city on the high hill near the wide Amur. One of the main streets of the city – Lenina street, is connected to it.

30 meter high obelisk consisting of three towers is placed in the centre of the square. There are names of the Khabarovsk residents, the heroes of the socialistic labour and cavalier of the order of Glory. On the top part of the obelisk there is a metal filled plastic wh ere you can see the flying colours decorated with the five-pointed star (the symbol of feat of arms) and hammer and sickle (the symbol of feat of labour). A branch of the laurel is at the bottom of the obelisk.

The central building of the memorial complex was built for the 40th anniversary of the Great Victory, it was a Memorial Wall built in semi-circle surrounding the podium-platform in the centre of which there is a eternal flame. With the time there have appeared towers wh ere the names of 32662 residents of the territory who haven’t returned from the war are carven.