Monument to Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya in Ruza, Soviet war memorial in Ruza, Russia.

The Monument to Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya in Ruza is a bronze-toned figure of the young woman with short wavy hair, her face lowered and her arms held behind her back. She wears a loose knee-length garment modelled with irregular diagonal folds, lighter where the creases rise. Zurab Tsereteli's sculpture stands before the town's House of Culture.

Unveiled in 2013, the statue honors a young partisan who carried out resistance operations in the Ruza area during the German occupation in 1941. She was captured and executed in a nearby village, and later became one of the most recognized figures of Soviet wartime resistance.

The statue was a gift from the Russian Military Historical Society, which commissioned it and handed the sculpture to the town. Ruza was chosen because the village of Petrishchevo, where Kosmodemyanskaya was executed on 29 November 1941, lies in the Ruza district. Tsereteli said the figure represents her peaceful pre-war life and her readiness for sacrifice.

The statue stands in the center of Ruza, right in front of the House of Culture, and is easy to reach on foot from most parts of town. Spring and summer are the most comfortable seasons to visit, as the area around the statue is fully open and visible.

The sculptor behind the statue, Zurab Tsereteli, is best known for large public works in Moscow, making this piece in Ruza one of his lesser-known commissions outside the capital. His style is still recognizable in the upright, resolute figure he chose to portray.