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Monument to the Heroes of the Komsomol of Gatchina

Gatchina, Krasnoarmeysky Avenue

The monument to the heroic Komsomol members of Gatchina is located on Krasnoarmeysky Prospekt and is dedicated to twenty-five underground fighters who were executed during the German occupation. It consists of a large memorial plaque embedded in the wall and adorned with metal wreaths, on which the names of all the deceased are listed, including Nadezhda Fyodorova, Aleksandra Drynkina, and Igor Ivanov. A metal sculpture of a girl bowing her head over a grave is installed on the pedestal by the plaque, and the area in front of the monument is paved with slabs and lined with spruce trees. The memorial project was developed in the 1960s by architect V. S. Vasilkovsky and sculptors A. A. Korolyuk and V. S. Ivanov.

Monument to the Heroes of the Komsomol of Gatchina — Gatchina