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1. Slavín war memorial and
cemetery for fallen Soviet
Army
opened on April 3. 1960
designed by Ján Svetlík
Slavín is a memorial and
cemetery in Bratislava

2. Bratislava
Spojená škola Tokajícka
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SLAVIN
MAP OF SLOVAKIA
WHERE IS SLAVIN

3. BRATISLAVA
SLAVIN
WAR MEMORIAL

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Slavin is a memorial monument and
military cemetery of almost 7 000
Soviet soldiers who fell during the
World War II while liberating the
city in April 1945.
Although it carries mixed memories. On
one hand there is genuine gratitude for
the sacrifice of the Russians and other
Soviet people that defeated the Nazis in
1945.
History

5. It was constructed between 1957 and
1960 on the site of a field cemetery,
and opened on April 3, 1960
Cemetery with graves (6 mass
graves, 278 individual graves) of
6,845 Soviet soldiers who fell while
liberating Bratislava
Staircase
The central solemn hall
Ján Svetlík was the designer
The main monument stands in the
middle of this cemetery.
various statues
symbolic sarcophagus
made of white marble
obelisk topped with a
statue of a soldier
Architecture

6. Slavin is situated on a hill overlooking
the castle, and is recognised for its
central obelisk, which is visible from
most parts of the city.
The grounds stand at 39 metres high,
topped by another 11-metre tall
statue of a victorious Soviet soldier.
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The soldier is holding
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hand and crushing
the swastika with his
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Sculptor
Alexander
Trizuljak
Statue of a Soviet
soldier