Monument "Honor and Glory to Soviet army", Soviet military monument in Litoměřice, Czech Republic.
The monument "Honor and Glory to Soviet army" is a stone memorial in a public park in Litoměřice, in the northwest of the Czech Republic. It brings together carved military figures and sculptural elements arranged as a single outdoor composition.
The sculptor Otakar Petros made the work in 1975 to honor the role of Soviet forces in the liberation of Central Europe at the end of World War II. It was built during a period when such memorials were routinely commissioned across the region.
The monument still stands in its original spot, inviting visitors to think about how public spaces carry layers of memory. It is neither celebrated nor hidden, which says something about how the city chooses to live with its recent past.
The memorial stands in a public park in the center of Litoměřice and can be reached on foot from the main square. A visit fits naturally into a walk around the town center.
While many Soviet-era monuments across the Czech Republic and neighboring countries were removed after 1989, this one has never been relocated or altered. It remains one of the few of its kind still standing exactly where it was first placed.
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