Memorial 6th Coastal Battery & Mass Soviet Russian Soldiers

This memorial is dedicatd to the 6th coastal battery that played an important role in the defence of Murmansk, during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). The remains of 71 fallen Soviet soldiers and officers were reburied at the feet of the memorial in 1991.

A 76mm Soviet gun of the type Zis-3 model 1942 is standing on top of the memorial.

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz
• Photos: Maarten Dirkse