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The assault of Sapun-mount is one of the brightest episodes of the past war. Today here on the summit of Sapun-mount there is the memorial complex. The first monuments of the soldiers who attacked the enemy's defensive works, were erected straight after the liberation of Sevastopol in 1944. A broad path that was built through the Park of Glory leads to the monument of Glory. It was erected in 1944 and reconstructed in 1962 - 1964. On the monuments girdling the area, the names of formations of the Army and the Navy which took part in the liberation of the city, were carved. Near the monument there is the Eternal Fire which was kindled in 1970 in the day of 25th anniversary of the Victory.
The diorame 'The assault of Sapun-mount on the 7th of May,1944' revives the heroic events of those days. There are the models of the soviet military equipment used during the War - tanks, self-propelled guns, cannons, bombs. A bit lower on the slopes of the mountain there is a monument to the fighters of the 77th division, all of them perished while the assaulting the defensive works of the enemy. The division was formed in Azerbaijan. From the summit of Sapun-mount one can enjoy the spacial panorama of Zolotaya Balka, neighbouring mountains and hills where in 1941 - 1942 the defensive line was built. The soviet troops started their attack there in 1944, it ended up with the complete liberation of Sevastopol. |
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