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Shtyki Memorial

Buildings and structures completed in 1974Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in MoscowMatushkino DistrictMonuments and memorials built in the Soviet UnionMonuments and memorials in Moscow
Outdoor sculptures in MoscowSoviet military memorials and cemeteriesWorld War II memorials in Russia
Zelenograd Shtyki Memorial
Zelenograd Shtyki Memorial

The Shtyki Memorial (Russian: Мемориальный комплекс «Штыки», lit. bayonets), also named the Monument to the Defenders of Moscow (памятник Защитникам Москвы), is a memorial complex in honour of those who defended Russia in the Battle of Moscow. At the site are a common grave and an architectural complex. It is located on the 40th km of Leningrad highway, at the second entry into the city of Zelenograd heading south, and the road to Mendeleyevo heading north. The memorial complex obtained its name because of the central obelisk, which represents the stylized image of three bayonets held together. The first burials in the common grave were in the winter of 1941; the architectural features were completed on 24 June 1974. The architects of the project were I. A. Pokrovsky, and Y. A. Sverdlovsky, with sculptors A. G. Shteyman, and E. A. Shteyman-Derevyanko.

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Shtyki Memorial
Ленинградское шоссе, Zelenograd Matushkino District

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Ленинградское шоссе
103489 Zelenograd, Matushkino District
Moscow, Russia
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