T-34-85 in Irkutsk, Tank memorial at the corner of Dekabrskikh Sobytiy and Sovetskaya streets, Irkutsk, Russia

The T-34-85 in Irkutsk is a memorial tank installed on a pedestal at the corner of Dekabrskikh Sobytiy and Sovetskaya streets. The vehicle is a 1944-produced T-34-85 bearing serial number 4100855, with its gun and turret visible from the surrounding sidewalks.

The monument, unveiled on 9 May 1967 at the corner of Dekabrskikh Sobytiy and Sovetskaya streets, honours the tank column "Irkutsk Komsomolets". Komsomol members of the Kuybyshev heavy machine-building plant launched the fundraising; the first column of 12 T-26 and BT-5 tanks was handed to the 206th reserve regiment on 6 May 1942. The T-34-85 on the pedestal, serial 4100855, was built in 1944 and was not part of those columns.

The memorial's name comes from the tank columns funded by Irkutsk Komsomol members, not from the tank on the pedestal, which was never part of them. The 1967 opening tied the site to Victory Day, and the tank has since appeared on a 2022 Bank of Russia coin and a 2023 stamp.

The memorial stands at the corner of Dekabrskikh Sobytiy and Sovetskaya streets, on a pedestal by architect V. P. Shmatkov. The tank is viewed from street level; walk around the pedestal to read the number 4100855 on the hull and see the 1944 T-34-85 from several sides.

The tank on the pedestal, serial number 4100855, was built in 1944 and never belonged to the "Irkutsk Komsomolets" columns it commemorates. The memorial, designed by architect V. P. Shmatkov, was unveiled on 9 May 1967. The monument later appeared on a 2022 Bank of Russia coin for the "Cities of Labour Valour" series and on a 2023 postage stamp.