The obelisk in a square built to commemorate the 30th VE-Day. The impressive monument to those killed on battlefields was built in Ulyanovsk on a steep bank of the Volga in the run-up to the 30th VE-Day celebrations. A titan star crowns the tall Obelisk of Glory. The names of 57 people awarded with the Golden Star of the Hero are engraved on the marble.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Ulyanovsk, Russia
- Event date: 17.10.2004
- Date published: 05.10.2005
- Author: Dmitry Korobeinikov
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2649x4011px, 3.1Mb