Monument Communards

Communards Monument located on the street Karuna, which intersects with the prospectus Vorontsov. Levoberezhny avenue Vorontsov combines the two most popular bridge in Dnepropetrovsk , so it is very easy to reach and find attraction. Dedicated monument to the revolutionary struggle of 1917, or rather the fallen heroes Ekaterinoslav (today Dnepropetrovsk ). They opened it to the 40th anniversary of the events in 1958 on the site of a mass grave.

Type of construction

The monument was conceived as a way of connecting all urban revolutionaries who fearlessly fought for freedom in the early 20th century. It united thousands of people of different professions, different statuses together to fight for their rights. It depicted the authors of such a composition of four types Commune: workers, sailors, students and soldiers. All of them are one, each in their own part in the common cause. The structure is made from a stone pedestal and cast iron sculptures in human growth. The restoration took place in 1975, after it added an inscription in the Ukrainian language and to clarify the names of the victims were buried in a mass grave in 1917.

Historical events

This district is extremely rich in all kinds of memorials and monuments dedicated to the events of the revolution, the civil war of the 1920s and World War II. The fact that this is due to the saturation geographically strategic location of the area. Before the 1950s, there was only the private sector and the Railway Station interchange. Therefore, the area open all the approaches to the city and its center. Military operations have left here dozens of mass graves and burial sites of unknown soldiers.

The closest of them a monument , renovated in 1980, located a few steps along the avenue Vorontsov. It is known that here was buried the commander Karuna, who led the liberation of the Dnieper from the German invaders. Later his remains were reburied on October Square .