Rear-front Memorial
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The Rear-front Memorial is a bronze and granite monument located in the city of Magnitogorsk, Russia, sculpted by Lev Nikolaevich Golovnitsky and drawn by Yakov Borisovich Belopolsky. It is considered the first part of a triptych, also consisting of The Motherland Calls in Volgograd and Warrior Liberator in Treptower Park, Berlin. By the time of construction of the monument, the author of the other two monuments, Evgeni Viktorovich Vuchetich, had already passed away.
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Opposite to the administration of the city of Magnitogorsk, on the bank of the Ural River, is Victory Park. On a sunny afternoon, June 29, 1979, in the presence of a huge number of workers and guests of Magnitogorsk, the opening of the monument 'Rear Front' was held. This monument completed a colossal sculptural triptych, but it was the first in its story line. Rear-front Memorial 2
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Opposite to the administration of the city of Magnitogorsk, on the bank of the Ural River, is Victory Park. On a sunny afternoon, June 29, 1979, in the presence of a huge number of workers and guests of Magnitogorsk, the opening of the monument 'Rear Front' was held. This monument completed a colossal sculptural triptych, but it was the first in its story line. Rear-front Memorial 2
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It is generally known that in 1949 a monument to the Soviet soldier-liberator was erected in Treptow Park in Berlin. On one hand the soldier holds the girl, and in the other hand - the sword that cut the swastika at the foot. Not Mamayev's mound of Volgograd Motherland swung the sword, urging everyone to fight against fascism. This monument was opened in 1967. And only in 1979 was created a monument 'Rear front', where the worker passes a sword to the soldier. It is symbolic that a former worker of Magnitogorsk, a soldier Ivan Odarchenko, posed for a monument in Berlin, who in 1979 came from Moscow to Magnitogorsk for the opening of the last monument to the trilogy about the Sword of Victory. Rear-front Memorial 3
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It is generally known that in 1949 a monument to the Soviet soldier-liberator was erected in Treptow Park in Berlin. On one hand the soldier holds the girl, and in the other hand - the sword that cut the swastika at the foot. Not Mamayev's mound of Volgograd Motherland swung the sword, urging everyone to fight against fascism. This monument was opened in 1967. And only in 1979 was created a monument 'Rear front', where the worker passes a sword to the soldier. It is symbolic that a former worker of Magnitogorsk, a soldier Ivan Odarchenko, posed for a monument in Berlin, who in 1979 came from Moscow to Magnitogorsk for the opening of the last monument to the trilogy about the Sword of Victory. Rear-front Memorial 3
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In all three monuments architect Y.B.Belopolsky was the architect. The sculptor of monuments in Berlin and Volgograd was E.Vuchetich. Magnitogorsk monument was created by the sculptor L. N. Golovnitsky, who worked on his creation for about five years. In 1980 by the decision of the Council of Ministers of the USSR L.N. Golovnitsky was awarded the silver medal of the name of E.Vuchetich. Rear-front Memorial 4
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In all three monuments architect Y.B.Belopolsky was the architect. The sculptor of monuments in Berlin and Volgograd was E.Vuchetich. Magnitogorsk monument was created by the sculptor L. N. Golovnitsky, who worked on his creation for about five years. In 1980 by the decision of the Council of Ministers of the USSR L.N. Golovnitsky was awarded the silver medal of the name of E.Vuchetich. Rear-front Memorial 4
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Magnitogorsk was chosen to install the monument not by accident. It is difficult to overestimate the labor feat of the legendary Magnitogorsk during the Great Patriotic War. Every third projectile was made from Magnitogorsk steel, and every second tank was 'dressed' in Magnitogorsk armor. Heroism in the rear is equated with a military feat: only by joint efforts of the rear and the front was the greatest victory won. Rear-front Memorial 7
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Magnitogorsk was chosen to install the monument not by accident. It is difficult to overestimate the labor feat of the legendary Magnitogorsk during the Great Patriotic War. Every third projectile was made from Magnitogorsk steel, and every second tank was 'dressed' in Magnitogorsk armor. Heroism in the rear is equated with a military feat: only by joint efforts of the rear and the front was the greatest victory won. Rear-front Memorial 7
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The authors of the monument: the sculptor - Lev Nikolaevich Golovnitsky, the architect - Yakov Borisovich Belopolsky. Rear-front Memorial 5
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The authors of the monument: the sculptor - Lev Nikolaevich Golovnitsky, the architect - Yakov Borisovich Belopolsky. Rear-front Memorial 5
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Soviet soldier. Rear-front Memorial 11
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A Soviet soldier takes the sword into his own hands and goes to Stalingrad to fight for the Motherland to death. Rear-front Memorial 12
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A Soviet soldier takes the sword into his own hands and goes to Stalingrad to fight for the Motherland to death. Rear-front Memorial 12
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Laborers, invisible heroes of war. Rear-front Memorial 13
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Laborers, invisible heroes of war. Rear-front Memorial 13
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View of the monument 'Rear front' from the side of the Ural River. Rear-front Memorial 14
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View of the monument 'Rear front' from the side of the Ural River. Rear-front Memorial 14
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The monument 'Rear-front' is a bronze two-figure composition, mounted on an 18-meter hill. The worker is oriented to the east, to MMK, and the warrior to the west, where the enemy was in the war years. The height of the monument is 16.5 meters. The sword is made of metal jubilee 500 million tons of ore, mined on Mount Magnetic. In front of the monument is a granite star in the form of a flower, in the center of which the Eternal Flame is burning. The capsule with the letter-order to inhabitants of 2029 is immured here. Rear-front Memorial 18
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The monument 'Rear-front' is a bronze two-figure composition, mounted on an 18-meter hill. The worker is oriented to the east, to MMK, and the warrior to the west, where the enemy was in the war years. The height of the monument is 16.5 meters. The sword is made of metal jubilee 500 million tons of ore, mined on Mount Magnetic. In front of the monument is a granite star in the form of a flower, in the center of which the Eternal Flame is burning. The capsule with the letter-order to inhabitants of 2029 is immured here. Rear-front Memorial 18
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Fresh flowers always lie near the eternal fire. Rear-front Memorial 20
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Fresh flowers always lie near the eternal fire. Rear-front Memorial 20
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The monument was made at the Leningrad Plant of Monumental Sculptures and was opened on June 29, 1979. Rear-front Memorial 24
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The monument was made at the Leningrad Plant of Monumental Sculptures and was opened on June 29, 1979. Rear-front Memorial 24
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On May 9, 2005, another supplement was opened, which was made in the form of two triangular sections symmetrically filled with granite elevations. Rear-front Memorial 26
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On May 9, 2005, another supplement was opened, which was made in the form of two triangular sections symmetrically filled with granite elevations. Rear-front Memorial 26
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The plates carved the names of Magnitogorsk, who died in the Great Patriotic War (more than 14,000 names). Rear-front Memorial 27
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The plates carved the names of Magnitogorsk, who died in the Great Patriotic War (more than 14,000 names). Rear-front Memorial 27
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On May 9, 2005, an addition to the monument was opened. Near the monument are two triangular sections with granite slabs, on which are carved the names of more than 14,000 Magnitogorsk, who died in the Great Patriotic War, there is among them the surname of my grandfather. Rear-front Memorial 29
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On May 9, 2005, an addition to the monument was opened. Near the monument are two triangular sections with granite slabs, on which are carved the names of more than 14,000 Magnitogorsk, who died in the Great Patriotic War, there is among them the surname of my grandfather. Rear-front Memorial 29
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On both sides of the memorial there are memorial walls. Rear-front Memorial 32
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On both sides of the memorial there are memorial walls. Rear-front Memorial 32
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The monument is complemented by two trapezes that are tall in height, on which the names of Magnitogorsk citizens who received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War were written with a bas-relief. Rear-front Memorial 33
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The monument is complemented by two trapezes that are tall in height, on which the names of Magnitogorsk citizens who received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War were written with a bas-relief. Rear-front Memorial 33
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Heroes of the Soviet Union. Rear-front Memorial 35
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Heroes of the Soviet Union. Rear-front Memorial 35
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Hero of the Soviet Union Pavel Zhuvasin. Rear-front Memorial 36
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Hero of the Soviet Union Pavel Zhuvasin. Rear-front Memorial 36
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The monument is a two-figure composition of a worker and a warrior. The worker is oriented to the east, towards the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine. Warrior - to the west, to the side where during the Great Patriotic War there was an enemy. Rear-front Memorial 37
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The monument is a two-figure composition of a worker and a warrior. The worker is oriented to the east, towards the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine. Warrior - to the west, to the side where during the Great Patriotic War there was an enemy. Rear-front Memorial 37
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Aerial view. Rear-front Memorial 40
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