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D1Public sourceUpdated 24 May 2026

Soviet War Memorial — Imperial War Museum, London

Bronze memorial in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park beside the Imperial War Museum, commemorating the 27 million Soviet citizens and service personnel who died for the Allied victory in the Second World War. Unveiled 9 May 1999.

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Soviet War Memorial — Imperial War Museum, London
Photo: MarathonCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons

The Soviet War Memorial stands in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, beside the Imperial War Museum on Lambeth Road, Southwark. The bronze sculpture — a bowed figure holding aloft a bell — was raised by public subscription in Great Britain and Russia and unveiled on 9 May 1999.

ВЕЧНАЯ ВАМ ПАМЯТЬ / THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE 27 MILLION SOVIET CITIZENS & SERVICE MEN & WOMEN WHO DIED FOR THE ALLIED VICTORY IN WWII

Documented in the Imperial War Museums' War Memorials Register (item 18001).

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