Volunteers Tankmen Monument

The monument to volunteer tankers in Chelyabinsk is located at the intersection of Kommuny and Kirova streets in the memorial complex Bulevard Slavy. It was opened in 1975 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Victory. The sculpture, 5.5 meters high, depicts a bronze volunteer standing on a tank turret with the hatch removed. The authors of the monument are sculptor Lev Golovnitsky and architect Evgeniy Alexandrov. Here, in May 1943, soldiers and commanders of the 63rd Tank Brigade received a message from the residents of the South Urals. The monument is dedicated to the heroes of the Ural Volunteer Tank Corps.