Soviet War Memorial, War memorial in Landstraße district, Vienna, Austria

The Soviet War Memorial at Schwarzenbergplatz consists of a 20-metre pale stone pillar on a stepped base, topped by a bronze soldier holding a flag and a gold shield. The soldier wears a helmet and carries a PPSh-41 submachine gun across his chest. A semicircular colonnade of 26 columns, 8 metres high, frames the pillar, with two-figure groups at each end.

The Red Army decided in February 1945, before reaching Vienna, to raise a victory monument; a small architects' competition was won by Major S. G. Yakovlev with a pencil sketch. The sculptor Lieutenant Mikhail Intesarjan modelled the soldier beforehand, using bread remnants around a bottle because no clay was available. The memorial was unveiled in 1945; the southern part of Schwarzenbergplatz bore the name Stalinplatz from 12 April 1946 to 18 July 1956.

The colonnade bears a Russian inscription by poet Sergei Mikhalkov: "Eternal glory to the heroes of the Red Army who fell in the fight against the German-fascist robbers." At the column's foot are two Stalin quotations, and the central pillar carries Stalin's April 13, 1945 order congratulating the 3rd Ukrainian Front on taking Vienna.

The site is located near the Hochstrahlbrunnen fountain and remains open to visitors year-round. Accessible pathways with wheelchair access lead to the memorial, making it easy for people with different mobility needs to visit.

The Soviet coat of arms on the soldier's gold shield carries 17 ribbons, though the real state emblem of the USSR had at most 16. The sculptor, Lieutenant Mikhail Intesarjan, modelled the figure in bread crumbs around a bottle because no clay was available during the campaign.