Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park) • VIARAMI

In Berlin, more precisely in the Treptow-Köpenick district, is the largest Soviet war memorial outside of the former Soviet Union.

Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin: Close-up of stone carving, half cleaned, depicting a star, hammer & sickle, and laurel wreath.

After the end of the Second World War, the Red Army built the complex in the east of the city to commemorate the more than 7,000 soldiers of the Red Army who died in the battle of Berlin.

Stone path curving through a park with tall trees lining both sides.

The Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky was responsible for design. The monument is, together with The Motherland Calls in Volgograd and the Rear-front Memorial in Magnitogorsk, part of a triptych.

There are two other memorial sites in Berlin, one in District Tiergarten and one in District Pankow.

Soviet War Memorial Treptower Park Berlin statue.

Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park, Berlin.

Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park, Berlin: A large, angular, brown stone structure with a hammer and sickle emblem, a statue of a soldier, and two people sitting on a wall.

Located on an artificial grass hill is the 12-m tall sculpture “The Liberator” by Yevgeny Vuchetich. It shows a soldier holding a sword in one hand and a small child in the other, below him is a broken swastika.