The Monument To A. F. Bregovo Photo: The Monument To A. F. Bregovo

One of the first original sculpture of the city of Murmansk became a monument to Anatoly Bregovo. The monument was erected on the funds of the city residents. Brads Anatoly Fedorovich – Hero of the Soviet Union, commander of the branch machine-gun 155-th infantry regiment, belonging to the 14th infantry division of the Fourteenth army of the Karelian front; he held a military position of Sergeant. Brads A. F. was born 14 July 1923 in the city of Novgorod in an ordinary worker's family. In Murmansk he graduated from the seven-year school, and in 1938 went to work as an electrician in the shipyard of the city of Murmansk. In April 1942 delusional called to military service in the red Army.

In the autumn of 1944 155-th regiment decided to take to the road Titovka-Petsamo and begin the assault of one of the heights called Roadside. According to the calculation delusional, gun destroyed more than 80 of the Germans, the Germans responded by shelling. As a result from the ranks of Soviet soldiers were only gunner Nikita Ashurkov and Anatoly brads, who was throwing grenades at the Germans. Being in a difficult situation, Ashurkov and brads hugged and blew himself and the gun last grenade. The remaining soldiers of the 155-th infantry regiment was so inspired by the act of his comrades, quickly occupied the Roadside elevation. It should be noted that in this battle Ashurkov survived – it was picked up on the fifth day the men of the sanitary battalion. After making such a heroic feat Anatoly Bregovo was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

In 1956 came the idea to commemorate the feat delusional, which was the initiative of the students of the Higher naval College, which has offered the youth of the city to collect funds for the building of the monument. This caused in Murmansk wide approval. During Saturdays and Sundays, the youth collected waste paper and scrap metal, and then sent the proceeds to the dedicated Fund. The city Council of the young Communist League decided to conclude an agreement on the establishment of the monument in cooperation with the pictorial and sculptural works in Leningrad. The order has taken the team under the guidance of a talented young sculptor Yastrebinetskogo G. D.

The opening ceremony of the monument took place on 9 may 1958. On the opening day of the monument at eight o'clock almost all the population of the city gathered at the intersection between trade Unions and Lenin Avenue. During the ceremony, speakers proclaimed the fiery speech and swore eternal loyalty to the country, an honor which gave his life Anatoly brads. The most important speech of the ceremony was an address by Fyodor Mikhailovich, the father of the fallen hero, who himself was a veteran. During his speech, he could not hide his excitement when he brought us a story about the life of his son. The first bouquet of flowers that had been entrusted to the monument, was a bouquet of Stefanidi Grigorievna – mother of Anatoly delusional.

The sculpture is three meters high and depicts a brave soldier during the highest stresses his physical and moral strength. Right hand raised high and tight squeezes grenade, but on the face of the hero expresses deep spiritual strength and readiness in any situation to go to the end, fulfilling her duty to the Homeland. The figure develops a raincoat-tent, which emphasizes the determination movements, and wearing the shirt fits a strong body, showing the tension of all muscles in the time of the last shot, which is forever immortalized Anatoly crazy in the ranks of the immortal. The warrior stands on a granite block, which in its soulless peace contrasts with the figure of a soldier, full of determination.

The memory of the glorious hero Bredove alive. Still bring flowers to him the couple, fit parents with children, and every military holiday a lot of red carnations and a wreath strewn with the pedestal. In 2003, Anatoly Bregovo would have turned 80 years old, but he will remain forever young, the way he created his talented hands of sculptor.

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