Park Pobedy – Victory Park Kurgan – Oblast Kurgan, Russia


Victory Park kurgan - Great Patriotic War Memorial
Victory Park kurgan – Great Patriotic War Memorial
Victory Park kurgan - Great Patriotic War Memorial
Victory Park kurgan – Great Patriotic War Memorial
Victory Park kurgan - Great Patriotic War Memorial
Victory Park kurgan – Great Patriotic War Memorial

Park Pobedy – Victory Park

Like many bigger towns in Russia the Second World War or Great Patriotic War as they revere to it, are Victory Parks where you find memorials, probably some guns or armoured vehicles and the names of the fallen.

Victory Park Kurgan - memorial with names of the fallen
Victory Park Kurgan – memorial with names of the fallen
Victory Park Kurgan - memorial with names of the fallen
Victory Park Kurgan – memorial with names of the fallen
Victory Park Kurgan
Victory Park Kurgan
Victory Park Kurgan
Victory Park Kurgan
Victory Park Kurgan
Victory Park Kurgan

So is the case in Kurgan, Siberia. Here they have a park dedicated to the victims who fell while Russia was at war. It could be that these Victory Park are updated in time with memorials from Afghanistan and memorials for Chechnya.

Victory Park Kurgan - Memorial Lane
Victory Park Kurgan – Memorial Lane
Victory Park Kurgan - view on the huge memorial wall
Victory Park Kurgan – view on the huge memorial wall
Victory Park Kurgan - Overview
Victory Park Kurgan – Overview
The huge memorial wall - Victory Park Kurgan
The huge memorial wall – Victory Park Kurgan
The huge memorial wall - Victory Park Kurgan
The huge memorial wall – Victory Park Kurgan
The huge memorial wall - Victory Park Kurgan
The huge memorial wall – Victory Park Kurgan
One of the two guns - Victory Park Kurgan
One of the two guns – Victory Park Kurgan

Visit

The park is always open if you fancy a nice little walk.

One of the two guns - Victory Park Kurgan
One of the two guns – Victory Park Kurgan
Close up of the gun - Victory Park Kurgan
Close up of the gun – Victory Park Kurgan

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