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      Poklonnaya Hill from behind: three houses of worship and monuments

      ⏱ 1 h 15 min🚶 2.8 km🍽 0📍 6 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      Not the main avenue but the western part of Victory Park: an Orthodox church, a synagogue and a mosque of different faiths, Tsereteli's memorial and three war monuments.

      🏛 History and architecture🎨 Art🏘 Off the centre⏱ An hour or so
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        🏛 Church of St George the Victorious on Poklonnaya Hill
        Парк Победы, главная аллея
        A memorial church to the Victory with glazed arches and bronze reliefs, built in a year and a half.
        Seven minutes from Park Pobedy metro along the main avenue, the church on your left. You can go in; photos without flash.
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        Church of St George the Victorious on Poklonnaya Hill
        © Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Church of St George the Victorious on Poklonnaya Hill
        © Мазур Владимир · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • Founded on 9 December 1993, consecrated on 6 May 1995.
        • The architects are Anatoly Polyansky, G. I. Stolbov and Vladimir Budaev.
        • The arch-shaped walls are glazed — a rare device for an Orthodox church.
        • It is the first of three places of worship of different faiths in Victory Park.
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        🏛 "Tragedy of the Peoples" Memorial
        Парк Победы, аллея Защитников Москвы
        A procession of falling nude figures by Tsereteli — in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and Nazi crimes.
        Behind the Victory Museum, along the Defenders of Moscow Alley, 10 minutes. The composition is heavy — with small children, think ahead.
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        "Tragedy of the Peoples" Memorial
        © Retr0ra1n · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The author is Zurab Tsereteli.
        • The composition was first installed in 1996 on the main alley of the park.
        • After criticism it was moved, and in 1997 it opened behind the museum, at its current site.
        • The memorial is dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust and other Nazi crimes.
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        🏛 Memorial Synagogue on Poklonnaya Hill
        Кутузовский пр-т, 53
        A synagogue in memory of the six million Jews who perished, with a Holocaust museum inside.
        Further west, 5 minutes. Look from outside; inside is a Holocaust museum, entry through security, with a passport.
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        Memorial Synagogue on Poklonnaya Hill
        © eugeny1988 · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The first stone was laid on 8 October 1996, and it opened on 2 September 1998.
        • Construction was paid for by the Russian Jewish Congress.
        • The architects are Moshe Zarhi and Vladimir Budaev; the interior is by the Israeli sculptor Frank Meisler.
        • The synagogue was built in memory of the six million Jews who died in the Second World War.
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        🏛 Monument to the Internationalist Soldiers
        Парк Победы, у Минской ул.
        A soldier in camouflage with a helmet in his hand stands at the edge of a cliff — a monument to those who fought in Afghanistan.
        Nearby, on the hill closer to Minskaya Street.
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        • Unveiled on 27 December 2004, for the 25th anniversary of the entry of troops into Afghanistan.
        • The sculptors are S. A. and S. S. Shcherbakov.
        • The four-metre bronze figure stands on a red granite pedestal.
        • The money was raised by veterans' organisations and the "Afghan" veterans themselves.
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        🏛 Monument to the Defenders of the Russian Land
        Парк Победы, угол Кутузовского пр-та и Минской ул.
        A bogatyr, a guardsman of 1812 and a soldier of the Great Patriotic War stand shoulder to shoulder on a hill.
        A couple of minutes on, at the corner with Kutuzovsky.
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        • Unveiled on 22 June 1995.
        • The sculptor is Anatoly Bichukov, the architect Yuri Grigoryev.
        • Three figures: an ancient Rus bogatyr (epic hero) with a sword, a guardsman of 1812 with a musket and a Soviet soldier with a submachine gun.
        • In front of the monument, the word "Rus" is laid out in flowers.
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        🏛 Memorial Mosque on Poklonnaya Hill
        Минская ул., 2Б
        A small mosque of 1997 in memory of Muslim soldiers — the third house of worship in Victory Park, two minutes from Minskaya metro.
        Along Minskaya Street 10 minutes south. Women need a headscarf to enter; Minskaya metro is across the road.
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        Memorial Mosque on Poklonnaya Hill
        © MBH · CC BY 4.0
        • Construction began in 1995, and it opened on 6 September 1997.
        • The project's author is Ilyas Tazhiev.
        • The governments of Adygea, Bashkortostan, Tatarstan and Kazakhstan helped.
        • The presidents of Kazakhstan, Bashkortostan and Tatarstan attended the opening.

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