Chizhovsky bridgehead, War memorial in Voronezh, Russia.
The Chizhovsky Bridgehead is a memorial complex in the Leninsky district of Voronezh, opened on 5 May 1975 near the Vogresovsky Bridge on the site of the former Chizhovka settlement. Its centrepiece is a bronze sculptural group of three soldiers saluting the fallen, their capes blown back by the wind, on a high pedestal. The ensemble also includes a mass grave and a Memory Hall with the names of the city's defenders carved on its walls.
Fighting at Chizhovka, the right-bank suburb of Voronezh, lasted 204 days, from 6 July 1942 until the city's liberation on 25 January 1943; the bridgehead itself was taken by Soviet troops in August 1942. A people's militia unit made up largely of Voronezh residents fought here. The memorial, designed by sculptors A. A. and O. P. Tolmachev with architect V. K. Selyutin, opened on 5 May 1975 and was finished in April 1985 for the 40th anniversary of the victory.
The memorial's name comes from Chizhovka, the former town suburb on the right bank where the fighting took place. The mass grave and the Hall of Memory, with defenders' names cut into its walls, are the focus of commemorations; a stone for a church honouring Prince Dmitry Donskoy was consecrated beside the complex on 1 June 2009.
The memorial stands by the Vogresovsky Bridge in the Leninsky district, on the right bank in Chizhovka. The sculptural group sits on a high podium reached by steps, with the Memory Hall and mass grave nearby; the marble-clad pedestal was faced anew in 2007. A stone for a church of Dmitry Donskoy was consecrated beside the complex in 2009.
The memorial stands near the Vogresovsky Bridge on the site of Chizhovka, a former town suburb. From here, on 25 January 1943, the Voronezh-Kastornensk offensive operation began, one of the main blows that retook the city. The sculptors were A. A. Tolmacheva and O. P. Tolmachev, with architect V. K. Selyutin.
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