Peremilovo monument, War memorial in Yakhroma, Moscow Oblast, Russia

The Peremilovo monument stands on the eastern slope of the Peremilovo Heights, a ridge rising over 50 metres above the Moscow Canal. A dark metal soldier in a long coat and boots strides forward with his right arm raised, set on a tapering pedestal of light grey stone blocks that widens into a stepped base on a grassy platform.

Between November 27 and December 5, 1941, Soviet forces defended this strategic position against German troops during the Battle of Moscow. The memorial was later built to commemorate these battles.

The height takes its name from the village of Peremilovo, which was merged into Yakhroma in 1930. The memorial marks the easternmost point reached by German troops north of Moscow, and the slope above the Yakhroma bridge is where the advance was halted. Visitors can look down over the Moscow Canal and the bridge that the fighting was meant to secure.

The site is accessible from Yakhroma railway station via marked pathways that connect to regular train service from Moscow. Visitors should prepare for a light walk uphill with changing terrain to reach the memorial.

The memorial marks the easternmost point German troops reached north of Moscow. On the night of 27–28 November 1941, a German detachment disguised in Red Army uniforms crossed the Moscow Canal at the Yakhroma bridge, took the sentries by surprise and seized Peremilovo. The armoured train NKVD No. 73, commanded by Captain Malyshev, held the line for three hours and repelled five attacks.