Sapun Mountain Memorial

Мемориальный комплекс «Сапун-гора» (Севастополь)

USSRСевастополь1944–1962MonumentsBrutalism

A memorial on the ridge where, in May 1944, the decisive battles for the liberation of the city took place. At the centre of the ensemble are the granite-faced Obelisk of Glory, 26 metres high, and the diorama "The Storming of Sapun-Gora on 7 May 1944." In 1970 an Eternal Flame was lit by the obelisk.

Мемориал на гряде, где в мае 1944 года шли решающие бои за освобождение города. Центр ансамбля — облицованный гранитом обелиск Славы высотой 26 метров и диорама «Штурм Сапун-горы 7 мая 1944 года». В 1970 году у обелиска зажжён Вечный огонь.

Construction cost

800 000 руб. (в ценах до 1961 г.), 1958 prices

The Sevastopol City Council executive committee decision of 6 September 1958 allocated 800,000 rubles for the diorama component of the memorial complex: 350,000 rubles for the building and 450,000 rubles for the painted canvas. Source: Попов А.Д., "Сапун-гора как «место памяти»", Учёные записки КФУ им. В.И. Вернадского, 2021. This figure covers only the diorama (opened 4 November 1959); no construction cost figure was found for the full memorial complex (the 1944 obelisk was erected by army engineers, and later elements were added over subsequent decades without published cost data).