The Great Patriotic War was forever embedded in the tablets of the memory of the people. The names of its heroes, the course of the main events are immortalized in the names of streets and squares, numerous monuments and memorials. One of them is the Bratsk Memorial of Glory, created on the 30th anniversary of Victory Day.
The military page and its reflection in the monument
The beginning of World War II was characterized in Bratsk by a high level of civic engagement. Volunteers filed an application to the front, the entire civilian population handed over bonds, workdays and natural products in favor of the defense fund. As a result of mobilization to the front, more than six thousand fellows went.
The approaches to Moscow were defended by 29 divisions, in which 52 brothers served. And in the battle near Golitsyno in November 1941, 40 natives of Bratsk died.
Residents of Bratsk joined in raising funds for the creation of the Irkutsk collective farmer tank, engaged in harvesting, including furs, knitted mittens, opened a fish factory, and provided transportation of fuel in difficult military conditions.
Residents of Bratsk and their hero - Stepan Borisovich Pogodaev, who covered the embrasure of an enemy pillbox during the battle for Sevastopol, will not forget.
Description of the Glory Memorial in Bratsk
A monument was erected to all the defenders of the motherland in Bratsk. It was built in just two months during the city Sundays by residents of the city. More than 1200 names of compatriots heroes were originally carved on its plates, but gradually their number increased to more than 2.5 thousand. The list of names for the Glory Memorial in Bryansk was compiled thanks to the research and search activities of I. S. Smirnov, a resident of Bratsk, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. This list, placed on memorial plates, is clearly visible on the photo of the Glory Memorial in Bratsk. For each of the heroes, a funeral is kept in his case as a documentary evidence of historical authenticity.
The artistic image created by the authors G. Ganiev, V. Zimin, Yu. Rusinov is unusual. It is made of reinforced concrete in the form of two silver blades, 26 m high. The blades symbolize the flames of war or eternal flame.
Around the vertically standing blades on the pillars, an open ring is installed, consisting of two sickle-shaped planes. Marble slabs with the names of the dead warriors-brothers are fixed on the planes. Bas-reliefs are placed between the plates, and on the outside there is a text glorifying the fallen and their feat for centuries.
The Memorial of Glory in Bratsk consists of a huge number of blocks of various sizes and shapes. Therefore, each individually required to produce an individual form. This was one of the most difficult tasks in creating the monument.
