The monument to the legendary "the lorry was opened on Rumbauskas mountain on January 27, 2012, 68-th anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad in Vsevolozhsk, 10 kilometer Road of life, right opposite the Church of the Saviour not made by hands. This is the first in the last half-century memorial monument of this scale. In the previous 20 years it was not until the discovery of new monuments, the main task was to keep the complex Road of life from destruction. This kind of monument is not in any country of the world.

Place for the monument was not chosen by chance — on this stretch of road were the fiercest attacks.

The monument to the heroic car is an exact replica of a military truck "GAZ-AA", cast in bronze in Rostov-on-don in full size. The author of the monument is the honoured artist Sergey Isakov. When creating bronze machine wizard tried to achieve a high level of reliability, so the truck even toned, as if he had just returned from a voyage on the Road of life. The base of the monument is framed, framed by barbed wire, symbol of the fact that under constant fire on these machines was evacuated to 1, 5 million Leningraders that is on the "trucks" were brought to Leningrad hundreds of thousands of tons products

From the idea of the monument prior to its implementation it has been almost two years. The idea of the monument had long nurtured by local authorities. On the Road of life, which in the siege, thousands of trucks on the "lorry" was not even mentioned. Then a sculptor, Sergey Isakov was proposed so unique and such a controversial idea to piss legendary truck in bronze.

The monument was built by the Charity Fund "Tree of life" – the Foundation of the Renaissance of the national spiritual and cultural heritage, with the support of the governments of Russia and the Leningrad region, the city administration Vsevolozhsk and the charity Fund "Care". The monument was opened by the veterans and residents of besieged Leningrad and Leningrad region Governor Valery Serdyukov.

"Lorry" – the legendary "machine soldier", so it is aptly named, provided the life of the besieged city, bringing with the "mainland" on the ice Road of life fuel and food and brought the children and the wounded in the Soviet rear. A humble toiler Road of life during the difficult days of the blockade played a huge role and is considered a symbol of victory of our people in the great Patriotic war.

Heroic "lorry" in 2012 celebrated its 80th anniversary. 29 January 1932 the first half ton truck GAZ-AA, made by the design of American company "Ford" (which in 1929 was signed the technical cooperation agreement), produced by the Gorky automobile plant.

Despite the seeming simplicity of the look, the design of the truck was pretty progressive for its time. The basic chassis was a powerful spar frame, installed the cab and bed. Until 1934 the cab of the truck were made of wood and pressed cardboard, a little later the cab are made of metal with a roof made of leatherette.

"GAZ-AA" had a four-cylinder engine rated at 40 HP and four-speed gearbox, the car could reach speeds up to 70 km/h. the Main advantage of the engine of the machine was that he worked on low-cost fuels, and in the warmer months, and in a heated condition could run on kerosene.

In 1938, after the upgrade, the car was equipped with a 50 HP engine in with reinforced mounting the rear leaf springs, new steering and driveshaft. Machine 1938, received index "GAZ-MM", but looks no different from "GAZ-AA". These machines are very widely used during the war and were the main mode of transport in the besieged Leningrad.

This monument is also the crowning glory of Vsevolozhsk, which is the Patriotic education of young people in the city and reminds all generations about the terrible ordeals that befell the residents of besieged Leningrad, as well as the heroism of the drivers, the cost of his life saved the inhabitants of the besieged city.