Izhorsky Ram

The "Izhora Ram" Memorial in Kolpino, opened on November 2, 1967, marks the front line of the defense of Leningrad from 1941 to 1944. The central monument consists of three reinforced concrete supports of different heights, supporting a horizontal beam-ram, the tip of which is directed towards the former enemy positions. An appropriate inscription is located on the front side of the monument, while the back side indicates that the soldiers of the Leningrad Front and the militia of the Izhora Plant stood here to the death. A shallow ditch has been preserved in front of the memorial – the remains of an anti-tank ditch, for which particularly fierce battles took place at the end of 1941, and there is a through opening in the shape of a five-pointed star on the beam-ram.