The Monument Photo: The Monument "Partisan Glory"

The monument "partisan Glory" is located at 138 km of the Kiev highway near Luga. It was established in 1975 in memory of the exploits of the partisans of the Leningrad, Novgorod and Pskov regions. Near this Grand monument on Victory Day annually held numerous meetings of veteran partisans and the celebration of the next anniversary of the Victory over the Nazi army.

The city of Luga was a major railway junction. By 1940 there were more than a dozen large industrial enterprises. On 24 August 1941 meadows was abandoned by Soviet troops. Fascist invaders created a concentration camp for prisoners of war and set in meadows brutal occupation regime. The violence and tyranny of German soldiers and officers, persecution only strengthened the people's hatred of the enemy and a strong determination to fight it by all means. Since the beginning of the occupation acted Oredezh underground district Committee with their partisan detachments, which had close ties with the Luga underground.

The memorial "partisan glory" designed by architect B. V. Bugaeva, it was the work of the sculptor V. E. Gorevoy, V. I. Bazhenov, V. I. Neimark, S. A. Kubasov. The main element of the composition of the monument is a road that starts next to a concrete bunker, surviving even the military times. The road goes across the field past thirteen granite stelae-boulders with carved inscriptions dedicated to the thirteen partisan brigades that fought in the Leningrad region. The slope of the hill the road turns into a wide staircase with two sides from the shoulder of the Bastion, which represent three regions: Leningrad, Novgorod and Pskov. On the ledges – empowerment.

The hill is crowned by the monument "partisan glory", at the top of it is a sculptural composition having height more than 20 meters On a granite pedestal – sculpture girls-partisan with flying colors in his hands and a machine; as if she encourages people to fight the invaders. Then the path goes under a heavy concrete slab of the memorial hall. On its façade there are three high relief: "Care for the guerrillas", "Oath" and "Fight". On the inner perimeter of the building are not glazed narrow window-slits, and above this is a frieze of photographs of the war years. On the wall opposite of the entrance is a wide aperture, which is closed by a grille. It is the text of the partisan vows.

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