Patriotov Park, Memorial park in Levoberezhny district, Voronezh, Russia
Patriotov Park is a protected green space in Voronezh with planted areas, walking paths, and designated recreational zones. The layout includes children's play areas, sports facilities, and rest spots distributed throughout to serve different visitor needs.
The park originated in the post-war reconstruction of Voronezh, when Monastyrshchenskaya Grove was turned into the Park of Builders. In 1965 a Soviet military burial there was enlarged with the remains of 291 soldiers from other graves in the Left Bank, forming Mass Grave No. 6. A monument to the defenders of Voronezh by sculptor V. K. Melnichenko was installed, first in plaster and then in metal in 1969; it was dismantled in 1989. The museum building opened in 2000, and the park took its present name with it.
The park's name comes from the military memorials that fill it, and it hosts ceremonies on state and military holidays; festive events were held here on 10 September 2011 for the city's 425th anniversary. Nearby stands the Alley of Heroes, opened in 2007: 15 busts by the Dikunov sculptors of Voronezh men who were Heroes of the Soviet Union or full holders of the Order of Glory.
Patriotov Park lies on Leninsky Prospekt in the Levoberezhny district, on the left bank of the Voronezh. The memorial core — the mass grave No. 6 with the Eternal Flame, the granite stele and the Alley of Heroes — sits in the centre, with the diorama museum and its open-air display of military hardware, including a Mi-8T helicopter, beside it. A project foresees extending the park onto part of the Aviasтроiteley embankment opposite.
The park's name dates only from the opening of the museum-diorama "Liberation of Voronezh" in 2000; before that it was called Park of Builders, after the postwar conversion of the Monastyrshchenskaya grove. The diorama building replaced a monument to the defenders of Voronezh, a gypsum work by sculptor V. K. Melnichenko unveiled in metal in 1969 and dismantled in 1989.
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