Park of Sevastopol

Park of Sevastopol - a grand memorial and an important place in the history of the state. It was opened in 1955 for the next anniversary of the Crimean War. Then the main was installed memorial park, landscaped avenues, friendly infrastructure. The park is located in the central part of the city and is very popular with locals. In 1970 it held the first reconstruction in the 2010s added a new playground.

The role of the city of Yekaterinoslav in the Sevastopol stories

During the Crimean War the entire area of modern Dnepropetrovsk, then Ekaterinoslav, was the most important strategic object on the map of hostilities. It was he who served as the southern border region on the way to the Crimea. Through it supplied food, weapons and other supplies to Sevastopol . Here it was built military hospitals, army regiments and command posts. Here, as in the nearest safe place, supplying all the wounded. It is important to note that the prisoners of the Turks, the French and the English brought it to Ekaterinoslav.

According to archival data, the total number of deaths in the city reached 40 thousand people, including prisoners. They were buried on the same hill, but on opposite sides. It was here that was later established a memorial and a memorial park around Sevastopol.

Memorial to those killed

Memorial statue with a ladder was set on the site of a mass grave. Architects used a very important detail in decorating design - defensive gun. Exactly the same can be found in the modern Sevastopol, preserved in their original form, slightly restored. Guns in a row are among the sandbags, directed towards the sea.

Avenue of Heroes

Walking through the park, visitors can view the alley brave heroes, busts that adorn the Park of Sevastopol. The fact that the cemetery in this place continued to function after a few decades after the end of the Crimean battle. Here were buried important figures Ekaterinoslav: philanthropist and industrialist A. Paul, an army doctor N. Pirogov, Ukrainian poet Ivan Manzhura. Not far from the park arranged a memorial to another hero - Volodya Dubinin . Square in honor of the young scout was discovered in the 20th century and renovated in the 2000s.