Height of Immortality
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| Height of Immortality | |
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| Native name Высота бессмертия (Russian) | |
  Location of Height of Immortality in Russia | |
| Location | Belaya Kalitva, Rostov oblast Russia |
| Built | 1967 |
The Height of Immortality is a World War II memorial founded in 1967 in the settlement of Atayevo near the city of Belaya Kalitva.
History
[edit]The complex commemorates the soldiers of a cavalry squadron of the 112th Bashkir Cavalry Division, led by Lieutenant Annaklych Atayev. Atayev's squadron defended a hill on the outskirts of Belaya Kalitva against a German infantry battalion supported by tanks and artillery during the fighting to liberate the town in January 1943 during World War II. Killed in the fighting, Atayev was posthumously made a Hero of the Soviet Union and his soldiers posthumously received the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class.[1]
Initially, the memorial consisted of three steles and an eternal flame. On the 40th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II, a sculpture of a grieving woman representing the Motherland with a laurel wreath in her hand was placed between the steles.[1] Memorial stones inscribed with the names of the soldiers killed in the fighting are placed in a semicircle, and the inscription "In memory of the fallen – be worthy" runs through entire memorial.
The memorial is the site of annual 9 May commemorations of Victory Day.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Курган бессмертия". voopiik-don.ru. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ "В Белой Калитве Вечный огонь потух в День Победы". 161.ru - новости Ростова-на-Дону (in Russian). 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2023-08-07.