Memorial to soldiers, Orekhov
Memorials soldiers set in different countries and cities, there is such in the city of Orekhov Zaporozhye region. All they retain the memory of all who died heroically the people who fought for their land. Memorial to soldiers-liberators created as a monument to a grieving mother, granite slabs with the names of all the inhabitants of the city and the district, which went to war and never returned. There are also busts of seven citizens who were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, but posthumously. A total of 154 Memorial buried warrior, all of their names are known.
The history of the memorial to the soldiers in Orekhov
When war came in Orekhovo, then about 2,000 of its residents have gone to the front. Over the entire period from 1941 to 1945 Orekhovskiy sent to the front area of about 11 thousand people, of whom 7000 died fighting with the enemy. In the summer of 1941, Orekhov formation of 226 Infantry Division, which was later renamed the 95 division. Earlier in building educational complex number 2 was a military hospital. Orekhovskiy area was captured by Nazi troops at the beginning of October 1941. Within two years of occupation in September 1943 in the city come first groups that are beginning to release from the enemy. The fight was fierce, and by the evening the enemy had to retreat because the city was liberated from the Nazi army. During these terrible years of war Orekhovskaya land lost many citizens who immortalized in a memorial. In addition, many streets of the town, and bear the names of soldiers who set up various memorials, monuments, memorials and monuments.
Locals honor the memory of their heroes and do not let them forget about the new generation of gratitude.
How to get to the memorial to the soldiers in Orekhov
To visit the memorial to the soldiers, from the station can be reached by street Leningrad cadets or Timiryazeva. The distance takes a little more than 1 km.
