Monument of Ural Volunteer Corps, Military monument on Sibirskaya Street, Perm, Russia.
The Monument to the Ural Volunteer Tank Corps stands on Veterans' Square in Perm: a T-34 tank on a tall stone pedestal, with a stele beside it. The stele bears the inscription "Eternal glory to the heroes, soldiers of the Volunteer Tank Corps!" and, on its other side, a list of cities liberated by the corps between 1943 and 1945, from Oryol to Prague.
The monument was erected on 11 March 1963 on Veterans' Square in Perm, initiated by veterans who had fought in the Ural Volunteer Tank Corps. It was timed to the 20th anniversary of the Perm (Molotov) tank brigade's formation. The corps was raised in 1943 with equipment bought from the savings of Perm residents, who funded 760 T-34-76 tanks.
The stele lists the cities liberated by the corps between 1943 and 1945, from Oryol and Lviv to Berlin and Prague. Veterans initiated the monument for the 20th anniversary of the Perm (Molotov) tank brigade, and it was unveiled on 11 March 1963.
The monument stands on Ploshchad Veteranov (Square of Veterans) in Perm, next to a stela listing the cities liberated by the corps between 1943 and 1945. The T-34 tank sits on a high stone pedestal, so the inscription is best read from the side of the stela. The square is open ground, reachable on foot from the surrounding streets.
The T-34 on the pedestal is one of 760 tanks the corps' units received, financed by Perm residents' own savings. The stele lists the cities the corps passed through between 1943 and 1945, from Oryol and Lvov to Berlin and Prague. The monument was unveiled on 11 March 1963, the 20th anniversary of the Perm (Molotov) tank brigade's formation.
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