One of the main attractions in Moscow is the Poklonnaya Hill or, as it is also called, Victory Park. Here the names of the deceased heroes of the Great Patriotic War are immortalized. There is a Poklonnaya Hill between Minsk Street and Kutuzovsky Prospekt.
In the Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill people like to rest not only guests of the capital, but also the Muscovites themselves. The interfluve of Filka and Setuni in its time was a fateful place, where during the desperate battles the fate of Moscow was decided.
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Why is the Poklonnaya Mountain called that way? According to some legends that have come down to us, it was here, on this gentle hill, it was customary in ancient Russia to bow - bow to the city at the entrance or entrance to it. And also here with a bow met important visitors who arrived in Moscow. So it or not - knows only the gray reality. But the view from the Poklonnaya Hill is simply mesmerizing - indeed, it really does draw a bow to the great Russian capital.
History and present
Today, on this site, a memorial was built, which was planned back in the 40s. The park was laid in 1958, and citizens collected funds to build a park complex, and the state, along with the government, also allocated money. For the first time the memorial was opened on the day of the fiftieth anniversary of the great victory - May 9, 1995.
In Victory Park a lot of symbolic and having a deep undertones. So, the central alley, called "The Years of War", has five terraces, symbolizing five years of war. And the entire memorial complex on Poklonnaya Hill is decorated with 1418 fountains - according to the number of military days.
Sights of Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow
Virtually everything on Poklonnaya Hill "breathes" the Great Patriotic War. All the sights are in one way or another tied to the war years or to victory. One of the main buildings on the Poklonnaya Hill is the Museum of Glory. It was founded in 1993 on the initiative of veterans of the Second World War.
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In the museum's fund - more than fifty collections totaling 50 thousand units of exhibits. Here you can see weapons, WWII equipment, ammunition for small arms of both the First and Second World Wars, personal belongings of well-known politicians and ordinary soldiers, as well as front accessories, front letters, trophies, awards, leaflets and so on.
One of the halls of the museum is the Hall of Fame, where in the center on the granite pedestal stands the huge figure of the Soldier-winner, and on the walls the names of 11 763 heroes of the Soviet Union are carved.
Stella on Poklonnaya Hill or Obelisk of Victory is another attraction. It is located right in front of the Central Museum of the Second World War. This monument on Poklonnaya Hill rises to 141.8 meters. Again, these figures are deeply symbolic - they denote 1418 nights and days of war.
The churches on the territory of Victory Park are represented by the Orthodox Church of St. George and the Synagogue. The church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious was laid not far from the memorial and was illuminated by Patriarch Alexy II in 1993. The building of the Temple of Memory - the Synagogue, was inaugurated in 1998. In the basement there is an exposition dedicated to the Holocaust - a tragic Jewish history.
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The triumphal arch, located territorially on the modern Poklonnaya Hill, was built in the distant 1834 in honor of the victory over France and Napoleon at the Tverskaya Zastava. Unfortunately, in 1936 it was dismantled in the process of reconstruction of the station square of the Belarusian Railway Station. But in 1968 it was reconstructed on Kutuzovsky Prospekt.
How to get to the mountain?
It's easiest to get here by metro. It is necessary to get up at the station "Kutuzovskaya", and then walk 5 minutes on foot. Absolutely for the lazy there is a metro station "Victory Park" - from it to Poklonnaya Gora are just a few dozen steps.