Victory Park (Tolyatti)

World War II ordnance at Victory Park

Monument to the Soldiers of the Afghan War

Victory Park (Russian: Парк Победы) is a memorial park in the Auto Factory District (Russian: Автозаводский район, Avtozavodsky rajon) of Tolyatti, Russia. The park is dedicated to the Soviet victory in World War II.

Among the monuments and sculptures in the park are:

The Victory Monument (1985) by Simon Winograd
Monument to the Soldiers of the Afghan War (1994) by N. I. Kolesnikov^[1]
On The Beach (1987) by V. V. Kravchenk^[2]

Images of Victory Park

76mm cannon

Large abstract monument consisting of four columns connected near midpoint by a circular metal band

Victory Memorial

JS-3 heavy tank

Large mid-twentieth-century assault gun. An assault gun is like tank but there is no turret. Instead, the gun is positioned directly in the front of the hull.

ISU-152 heavy assault gun.

8-wheeled turreted armored personnel carrier

BTR-60 postwar armored personnel carrier

References

↑ "Памятник войнам афганцам" [Monument to the Afghan Wars]. Virtual Tolyatti. Retrieved April 12, 2011. (Russian)
↑ "Скульптурная композиция 'На берегу'" [Sculptural composition 'On the beach']. Names on the Map of Tolyatti. Retrieved April 12, 2011. (Russian)

Coordinates: 53°30′40″N 49°16′26″E / 53.511°N 49.274°E / 53.511; 49.274

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