List of Soviet war memorials
Soviet war memorials are memorials commemorating the activities of Soviet Armed Forces in any of the wars involving Soviet Union, but most notably World War II. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 2022 [Russian invasion of Ukraine], many of the memorials, especially the ones dedicated to the activities of Soviet Armed Forces in former Soviet Bloc countries during World War II, have been removed, relocated, altered or have had their meaning reinterpreted.
Austria
Belarus
- Minsk [Hero City Obelisk]
- Victory Square, Minsk
- Mound of Glory, Minsk
- Brest Hero Fortress
- Khatyn Memorial
- Victory Square (Vitebsk)
Bulgaria
China
- Soviet Red Army Monument, Harbin
- , Shengyang
- Monument to the Soviet Army Martyrs in the
Czech Republic
*Germany
- Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park), a memorial in Treptower Park, Berlin
- , a memorial in Seelow Heights, Brandenburg
- Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten), a memorial in Tiergarten, Berlin
- Soviet War Memorial (Schönholzer Heide), a memorial in Schönholzer Heide, Berlin
Estonia
*Hungary
- Liberty Statue (Budapest), the Soviet inscription has been replaced
- Liberty Square (Budapest)
- Hungarian-Soviet Friendship Memorial, now in Memento Park
- Soviet War Memorial (Debrecen)
Kyrgyzstan
Lithuania
Memorial of Red Army soldiers in Antakalnis Cemetery, VilniusLatvia
- Monument to the Liberators of [Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders]
North Korea
Norway
- Monument to Red Army Liberators, Roald Amundsens gate, Kirkenes
Poland
After 2017, Poland's Law and Justice government destroyed most of the Soviet War Memorials in Poland.Tajikistan
Ukraine
- Mother Ukraine, Kyiv
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Kyiv
- Hero City monument, Kyiv
- Afghanistan War Memorial, Kyiv
- Nikolai Vatutin monument, Kyiv
- Monument to the Liberator Soldier, Kharkiv
- Monument to the Unknown Sailor, Odesa
- Monument to Soldiers Liberators, Chernihiv
- To Donbas Liberators, Donetsk
Other
is still quoted in stone in German and Russian at least in Treptow and Vienna. Such inscriptions have been generally removed in Soviet Union and Soviet bloc countries as part of de-Stalinization.A Soviet war memorial was erected in Plummer Park, West Hollywood, California in 2005. The memorial depicts cranes in flight, a reference to a popular Russian-language song by Rasul Gamzatov. A refrain from the song is shown in both English and Russian. A granite slab bares the inscription "dedicated in honor of and in tribute to the World War II veterans from the former Soviet Union" in English. West Hollywood is the center of a large Russian-speaking community from the former Soviet Union.