Soviet Pillbox Sokolniki
Soviet pillbox made of steel in the park Sokolniki. It was built there in 1941 as a part of Moscow defensive lines. According to the map of Moscow defensive lines, there were other six pillboxes of the same construction nearby. In 1950-1970es the pillbox was used as a pedestal for the sculpture of deer.
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Source
- Text: Fyodor Telin
- Photos: Fyodor Telin
Nearby
Museum
- Central Armed Forces Museum Moscow - Moskva
- Stalin's Bunker Izmaylovo - Moskva
- State Museum of Gulag History - Moskva
Point of interest
- Baumanskaya Metro Station - Baumansky
- Anti-aircraft Guns Izmaylovo - Izmaylovo
- Former NKVD Lubyanka Prison - Moskva
Monument
- Memorial Pilot Nikolai Gastello - Sokolniki
- Memorial Perished Electric Factory Workers - Preobrazhenskoye
- Workers of Isolit plant monument - Preobrazhenskoye
Cemetery
- Soviet War Graves Preobrazhenskoye - Moskva
- Vvedenskoe Cemetery - Moskva
- Soviet War Graves Vvedenskoe Cemetery - Moskva
Fortification
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