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‘Cranes’ Memorial Complex
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Address:Penza, Victory Avenue, Pionersky square
The complex was opened in 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of WWII victory.
The idea of cranes flying overhead was inspired by the poet Rasul Gamzatov’s lines: ‘Sometimes I think that soldiers, laid to rest in blood-soaked fields, in truth have turned to flying cranes’.
The idea of cranes flying overhead was inspired by the poet Rasul Gamzatov’s lines: ‘Sometimes I think that soldiers, laid to rest in blood-soaked fields, in truth have turned to flying cranes’.
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