Victory Park (Moscow)

In the 1960s, the Soviet authorities decided to put the area to use as an open-air museum dedicated to the Russian victory over Napoleon. The New Triumphal Arch, erected in wood in 1814 and in marble in 1827 to a design by Osip Bove, was relocated and reconstructed here in 1968. A loghouse, where Kutuzov presided over the Fili conference which decided to abandon Moscow to the enemy, was designated a national monument. The huge panorama "Battle of Borodino" by Franz Roubaud (1910–12) was installed here in 1962. A monument to Kutuzov was opened in 1973.

The Victory Park and the Square of Victors are important parts of the outdoor museum. In 1987 the hill was levelled to the ground and in the 1990s an obelisk was added with a statue of Nike and a monument of St George slaying the dragon, both designed by Zurab Tsereteli. The obelisk's height is exactly 141.8 metres (465 ft), which is 10 centimetres (3.9 in) for every day of the War. A golden-domed Orthodox church was erected on the hilltop in 1993-95, followed by a memorial mosque and the Holocaust Memorial Synagogue.

On 9 May 1995 the first post-Soviet victory parade was held here, with President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin and Minister of Defence and General of the Army Pavel Grachev in attendance. Commanding the parade was commander of the Moscow Military District Colonel-General Leonid Kuznetsov. This parade was also the first major display of the new post-Soviet army uniforms.

At the 60th V-day celebrations in 2005, President Vladimir Putin inaugurated 15 extravagant bronze columns, symbolizing main fronts and navies of the Red Army during World War II.



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Aeroexpress
3 September 2013
Memorial complex of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. in the west of Moscow
Nina Bellarosa
9 May 2014
Lovely park! Loads to see and a lot to learn. Also a perfect place to relax.
Evgeny Byrgin
12 October 2014
This is an incredible place for an hour long walk during lunch breaks in autumn if you go deep to the forest. Literally no-one around.
Siddarth Rana
15 May 2012
Victory Park (English) Make sure to visit the war museum. A nice place to hangout any day
مهسا محق
10 August 2015
ntersting area; war monuments around. The only mosque in Moscow is also situated here.
Nina Bellarosa
14 May 2015
If you are a lover of war history this is the place to be. Also another impressive fact, it honours religion. The Orthodox Church, Synagogue and Mosque are all found in the park and can be visited.
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