Garden of Peace

The "Garden of Peace" memorial in Sestroretsk is erected at the border from which in 1944 the troops of the 21st and 23rd armies launched an offensive in the Vyborg operation. Created in 1967 from granite, concrete, and metal structures, the monument is a 10-meter stele with a height of 2.8 meters, next to which there are tank and anti-tank obstacles. From the memorial, a 175-meter birch alley runs into the field along the former defense line, which was supposed to become the beginning of a tourist trail to the "Sestra" memorial. The monument was built with funds from the workers of the Petrograd district of Leningrad by the efforts of factory brigades, military personnel, students, and schoolchildren.