Symbols

of Victory

The best way to learn about the Great Patriotic War is to visit the places where you can see many famous monuments.

Spotlight on Russia invites you to Victory Park which is situated in Salekhard.

Victory Park in Salekhard

The Pantheon of the Victory

Samples of Military Equipment

Victory Park in Salekhard is one of the largest memorial complexes in Russia. It was opened for the 65th anniversary of the great victory. Victory Park was created in the Tundra, near the embankment of the Shaitanka river.

This is one of the largest memorial complexes in Russia, its area is 19.8 hectares.

The core of the complex is the Pantheon. It is a square-shaped structure with a height of 15.5 meters and a width of 40 meters, standing on four pillars, black and gold outside and white inside. On the walls of the Pantheon there are golden branches, red stars and inscriptions "No One Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Forgotten", "Eternal Glory To The Heroes Who Fell In The Battles For The Freedom And Independence Of Our Motherland". On the side alleys, on both sides of the Pantheon, there are samples of military equipment from both the period of the Great Patriotic War and later. among them are T-34, T-64 and T-62 tanks.

In the southern part of Victory Park in 2015, the Alexander Nevsky church was built — a small single-domed temple, in front of which a monument to the prince is installed under a semicircular arch.