Monument to City of Military Glory, Memorial column in Stary Oskol, Russia.
The Monument to City of Military Glory is a polished granite column of the Doric order standing on Victory Square in Stary Oskol. It is topped by a gilded double-headed eagle on a sphere; the pedestal bears the city coat of arms on the west and the presidential decree text on the east. Sixteen bas-reliefs on four corner pylons depict the city's military history.
The stele was unveiled on 10 September 2011, City Day, on Victory Square, after the 12-metre main element was mounted on 12 July 2011. It followed the presidential decree of 5 May 2011 No. 588 granting Stary Oskol the title for the courage of its defenders; the charter was presented in the Moscow Kremlin on 22 June 2011. The design by Igor Voskresensky's team won the 2008 national competition.
The stele stands on Victory Square beside a monument to Marshal Zhukov, an Alley of Glory with busts of local Heroes of the Soviet Union, and the sculpture composition "After the Battle". On 10 September 2011, the city's day, the opening ceremony was held at 15:00 and 35 trees on the square were decorated with bright garlands. A 10-ruble commemorative coin followed on 2 June 2014, and a postage stamp on 28 August 2014.
The stele stands on Victory Square in the city's north-eastern district, within a memorial complex that also holds a monument to Zhukov, an Alley of Glory with busts of local Heroes of the Soviet Union, and the sculpture composition "After the Battle". The city coat of arms faces west on the pedestal, the presidential decree text faces east, and 16 bas-reliefs on four corner pylons show Stary Oskol's military history.
The sculptors and architects were not the same people: the winning 2008 competition team combined architect Igor Voskresensky, architects G. Ishkildina and V. Perfilyev, and sculptor Salavat Shcherbakov. The column itself is six metres of polished granite, not twelve: the 12-metre figure reported in July 2011 referred to the height reached during installation.
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