Soviet War Cemetery "Nevsky pyatachok"
This war cemetery contains the graves of 15.637 Red Army soldiers (372 of them are known, 15,637 are unknown) and officers who fell in the fighting for the Neva Bridgehead, from 1942 to 1943. New human remains are found each year in the area and will be buried here.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons
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Museum
Point of interest
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Monument
- St. George Chapel "Nevsky pyatachok" - Kirovsk
- Memorial Defenders Neva Bridgehead - Kirovsk
- Memorial Stone Neva Bridgehead - Kirovsk
Cemetery
Fortification
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