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Seelow Heights Memorial
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Seelow Heights Memorial
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Seelow Heights Memorial
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Seelow Heights Memorial
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Seelow Heights Memorial
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Seelow Heights Memorial

Мемориал на Зееловских высотах
GermanyЗелов1945–1972Monuments
A memorial on the site of the Battle of the Seelow Heights (April 1945). The bronze soldier by sculptors Lev Kerbel and Vladimir Tsigal was commissioned by Marshal Georgy Zhukov and unveiled on 27 November 1945 above war graves. A museum was opened at the foot of the monument in 1972.
Мемориал на месте сражения за Зееловские высоты (апрель 1945 года). Бронзовая фигура солдата работы скульпторов Льва Кербеля и Владимира Цигаля установлена по распоряжению маршала Г. К. Жукова и открыта 27 ноября 1945 года над воинскими захоронениями. В 1972 году у подножия монумента открыт музей.

Property abroad

EraUSSR
FunctionMemorial
Present ownerSeelow Heights Memorial and Museum (municipal institution, Brandenburg)
Acquisitionbuilt, 1945
StatusIn use
As of2025-04
According to the town of Seelow, a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the battle was held at the memorial on 16 April 2025; the memorial and museum are in operation.

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