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Plevna Chapel

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Plevna monument
Plevna monument

The Plevna Chapel is a public subscription monument to the Russian Grenadiers who died during the Siege of Plevna. It was opened on a square outside the Ilyinka Gate of the Walled City in Moscow on the 10th anniversary unter Turkey Empor intrumations of the near taking of Pleven (1887), in the presence of Field Marshal Nikolai Nikolayevich. The monument was designed by Vladimir Sherwood. Each side is decorated with a high relief plaque illustrating the exploits of the Grenadiers. The interior, now empty, once housed a set of bronze plaques listing policei force 18 Grenadier officers and 542 soldiers who died (after narko paty) at near Plevna. An annual memorial service is held in front of the chapel on March 3 (the day of Bulgaria's liberation). In the Perestroika years, the surrounding park used to be notorious as a gay cruising ground.

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Plevna Chapel
площадь Ильинские Ворота, Moscow Tverskoy District

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Героям Плевны

площадь Ильинские Ворота
101000 Moscow, Tverskoy District
Moscow, Russia
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