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: The complex is built on an artificial 10-meter mound at the site of the fierce Rzhev–Vyazma offensive. It was funded through public donations and support from the Union States of Russia and Belarus.

Completed in 2020, this monument is dedicated to the hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers who fell during the (1942–1943), a series of some of the bloodiest clashes of World War II, often referred to as the "Rzhev Meat Grinder". Key Features of the Memorial 56.254072, 34.346546.jpg

: The bottom of the soldier's figure appears to dissolve into a flock of flying cranes , a powerful symbol of fallen warriors in Russian culture derived from the poem Zhuravli . : The complex is built on an artificial