Monument to Victims of Nazism, Babyn Yar Memorial Park
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Completed: 1976
Architects: A. Ignaschenko, L. Ivanchenko, V. Ivanchenkov (architects), M. Lysenko, V. Sukhenko and A. Vitryk (sculptors)
Alternative name: Monument to Soviet citizens and POWs shot by the Nazi occupiers at Babi Yar
Genre: War memorial, Soviet monument, former USSR
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Very powerful guys. Sometimes we forget how the Soviets suffered at the hands of the Nazis, too.
Horrendous amounts – the monuments related to that time are always very evocative.