Poland, Sopot's Monuments. War Monument.

This monument is dedicated to fallen Russian soldiers in Sopot during the final days of the Second World War. It was built on old German monument from 1909, which was supposed to mark the German East Border. It is made of large rock and cemented to large granite rock base. On the top there was large eagle made of bronze and weighting about 1.5 tons, which was taken to Soviet Union probably as a war trophy or to be melted.

Instead of the eagle a star with five arms (The Arms of Soviet union) was mounted on the rock with a commemorative brass board containing names of 63 Russian soldiers. Nevertheless the commentary is a place of 646 Russian soldiers who lost their life in Sopot and surroundings in the last days of Hitler’s Germany.

Monuments

[ War Monument | Monument of Citizens of Sopot | Monument of Athletes | Esperanto Monument ]
[ Sailors Monument | Return of Sopot to Poland | Monument of Adam Mickiewicz ]
[ Monument of Underground Army | Monument of Frederic Chopin | Monument of fisherman ]