Monument to L. A. Govorov
“Put in like Govorov,” Marshal Zhukov advised his subordinates, and these words contained high praise for the commander. The monument to Govorov appeared in St. Petersburg on January 25, 1999.
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City: St. Petersburg Address: Stachek Square
Its construction was timed to coincide with the 55th anniversary of the lifting of the blockade: for 670 of the 900 days, Govorov was responsible for the defense of Leningrad.
Breaking the blockade is also the merit of Army Commander Govorov and his soldiers. His name is also inscribed in golden letters in the history of the defense of Moscow: Field Marshal Kluge failed to break through the powerful “shield” placed in his way by the commander of the 5th Army, Leonid Govorov. The future combat strategist and practitioner was born into a peasant family on February 22, 1897.
He studied at the Petrograd Polytechnic Institute, then at the Konstantinovsky Artillery School. In 1917, he was sent under Kolchak, but fled to Tomsk and swore allegiance to the Red Army. Govorov received his first award, the Order of the Red Banner, for Perekop, having stopped British tanks with his division.
But the peasant son from the Vyatka province was not only a capable field commander: regimental commanders listened to Govorov’s lectures, noting the clarity of thought and the depth of his knowledge.
Govorov always managed to combine military service with studies: determination and strong-willed character became the key to his rapid military career.
For a number of large-scale battles in the Great Patriotic War, in June 1944, Army Commander Govorov received the rank of Marshal.
A year later he was awarded the Order of Victory and awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov died in Moscow in the spring of 1955.
In 1946, during Govorov’s lifetime, sculptor Vladimir Bogolyubov sculpted his statue, which served as a model for the monument erected in 1999 on Stachek Square near the Narva Triumphal Gate.
The architectural solution was proposed by Elena Fedorovna Shapovalova. The co-author of the monument was also the sculptor Boris Anatolyevich Petrov. On a round pedestal made of pink granite, the great commander stands calmly and confidently, his wide eyebrows slightly knitted, as if peering into the distance: his military work is over, and only his jacket and boots remind him of the front roads.
The figure of Govorov, 3 m 60 cm high, is cast from bronze, nearly five meters is the height of the pedestal. There are two inscriptions on it. On the front part - Marshal Govorov / grateful citizens, on the back - the monument was erected at the request of the Council of Veterans of the Great Patriotic War.
Breaking the blockade is also the merit of Army Commander Govorov and his soldiers. His name is also inscribed in golden letters in the history of the defense of Moscow: Field Marshal Kluge failed to break through the powerful “shield” placed in his way by the commander of the 5th Army, Leonid Govorov. The future combat strategist and practitioner was born into a peasant family on February 22, 1897.
He studied at the Petrograd Polytechnic Institute, then at the Konstantinovsky Artillery School. In 1917, he was sent under Kolchak, but fled to Tomsk and swore allegiance to the Red Army. Govorov received his first award, the Order of the Red Banner, for Perekop, having stopped British tanks with his division.
But the peasant son from the Vyatka province was not only a capable field commander: regimental commanders listened to Govorov’s lectures, noting the clarity of thought and the depth of his knowledge.
Govorov always managed to combine military service with studies: determination and strong-willed character became the key to his rapid military career.
For a number of large-scale battles in the Great Patriotic War, in June 1944, Army Commander Govorov received the rank of Marshal.
A year later he was awarded the Order of Victory and awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov died in Moscow in the spring of 1955.
In 1946, during Govorov’s lifetime, sculptor Vladimir Bogolyubov sculpted his statue, which served as a model for the monument erected in 1999 on Stachek Square near the Narva Triumphal Gate.
The architectural solution was proposed by Elena Fedorovna Shapovalova. The co-author of the monument was also the sculptor Boris Anatolyevich Petrov. On a round pedestal made of pink granite, the great commander stands calmly and confidently, his wide eyebrows slightly knitted, as if peering into the distance: his military work is over, and only his jacket and boots remind him of the front roads.
The figure of Govorov, 3 m 60 cm high, is cast from bronze, nearly five meters is the height of the pedestal. There are two inscriptions on it. On the front part - Marshal Govorov / grateful citizens, on the back - the monument was erected at the request of the Council of Veterans of the Great Patriotic War.
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