National liberation war of the Bulgarian population, the struggle for freedom and independence of the country is inextricably linked with the history of Russian-Turkish military confrontation 1877 – 1878, therefore, the Freedom Monument, located in the centre of Ruse, dedicated to the victims who died during this war for the liberation of the Bulgarian people from the Ottoman yoke. The monument, the author of which was a famous Italian sculptor of the late 19th – early 20th century, Arnoldo Zocci, was inaugurated in 1908, in commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the liberation of the country.

The monument looks like a pyramid, the top of which is a statue of a woman holding a sword, and below – two lions made of bronze, one of which holds a shield and the other breaks the teeth of the chain. Interesting fact: it was originally planned that instead of a woman marrying architectural composition will be the sculpture of the autocrat of the Russian Empire Alexander II, but the king of Bulgaria Ferdinand I, gravitating to Germany, changed the construction project. But do not assume that the name of this king was forgotten in Bulgaria – the colossal statue sitting on a horse with the Emperor Alexander II (by the way, authored by the same sculptor Arnoldo Zocci) is located in the heart of Sofia, the heart of Bulgaria.