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Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad

The monument is in the center of Victory Square and is dedicated to the heroic defense and break the blockade of Leningrad. The basis of it is a 48-m-high obelisk with sculptural figures of soldiers and workers, derogatively known among locals as "The Chisel" (Stameska). On the sides are two multi-figure sculpture groups that embody the defenders of Leningrad. In the center of the open Memorial Hall, made in the form of a broken ring, there is the sculptural group "Blockade." Under the monument there's an underground memorial hall of the museum. Memorial opened in 1975. Go to the center of the square and the memorial through the underpass.

Address
Moskovskii prospekt
Getting there
metro Moskovskaya

Listing from Wikivoyage: Saint Petersburg/South, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.