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Glory Monument, Lviv

Glory Monument, Lviv, Soviet military memorial in Cultural Park, Lviv, Ukraine.

The Glory Monument was a memorial in the upper part of Lviv's Central Park of Culture and Leisure, at the junction of Stryiska and Heroiv Maidanu streets. Its 30-metre concrete pilon faced with granite tiles carried high reliefs of an infantryman, tankman, artilleryman, pilot and sailor. At the centre stood bronze figures of a Soviet Warrior and the Motherland, who receives his oath and blesses his sword. A massive reinforced-concrete stele faced with labradorite and copper reliefs completed the ensemble.

Opened in May 1970 as the Monument of Military Glory of the Soviet Armed Forces, the memorial stood on the ploughed-over graves of the old Stryiskyi cemetery. It received the T. Shevchenko State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR in 1972 and the M. Grekov gold medal in 1974. The 30-metre obelisk was dismantled from December 2018 for its emergency condition, five reliefs went to the "Territory of Terror" museum on 2 February 2019, the stele fell on 3 March, and the two bronze figures were removed on 23 July 2021.

The memorial's six high reliefs on the stele depicted stages of Soviet military history, from the birth of the Red Army to victory. The central bronze group showed Motherland receiving the soldier's oath and blessing his sword. In 1972 the ensemble received the Taras Shevchenko State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR, and in 1974 the Grekov Gold Medal of the USSR Academy of Arts.

The memorial stood in the upper part of the Central Park of Culture and Recreation, at the junction of Stryiska Street and Heroyiv Maidanu Street (formerly Hvardiyska), next to the Academy of Land Forces. The 30-metre obelisk was dismantled between December 2018 and March 2019, and the two central bronze figures were removed on 23 July 2021, so only the lower structures and empty pedestals remain. The site is still used for gatherings on 9 May.

The memorial won the Taras Shevchenko State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR in 1972 and the Grekov gold medal of the USSR Academy of Arts in 1974. Its five military high reliefs were removed on 2 February 2019 and given to the "Territory of Terror" museum.

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