On August 31, 1958, a memorial was dedicated to the partisan units that had fought alongside the Red Army in the Northwest Russian town of Ostashkov in 1941/1942.
Between October and December 1941, the Red Army brought the marching-in German Wehrmacht to a standstill at Lake Seliger, close to Ostashkov in Northwest Russia - an area in which Soviet partisans were active in 1941/1942. Large units operated here, amongst them one of the most famous Russian partisan units, the »Second special partisan brigade« under the command of Major A. M. Litvenenko. The brigade's task was to mainly spy out the German army, which was marching towards Moscow and Leningrad (today: Saint Petersburg).
Ostashkov is also known as one of the sites at which the Soviet NKVD held thousands of Polish policemen and prisoners of war captive before murdering them.
Ostashkov is also known as one of the sites at which the Soviet NKVD held thousands of Polish policemen and prisoners of war captive before murdering them.
The memorial is dedicated to the Soviet partisans who fought against German troops during the »Great Patriotic War«.
The monument to the partisans is now located in Freedom Park (Park Svobody). The sculptor I. A. Teneta began work on it in 1943 and completed it more than ten years later, when it was cast in copper. It was dedicated on August 31, 1958. The monument first stood on the street, later it was relocated to the Freedom Park. The sculpture depicts three partisans: a man holding up a machine-gun, an old fisherman and a young woman holding a hand grenade.
- Name
- Pamjatnik partisanam Welikoj Otetschestwennoj wojni 1941–1945 godow
- Address
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Park Svobody
172730 Ostaschkow - Phone
- +7 235 517 79
- Open
- The monument is accessible at all times.