[2024 Plovdiv Attraction] Travel Guide for Alyosha Monument (Updated Sep)
Monuments
Address:
Бунарджика, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Opening times:
Open year round, 24/7Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
0.5-2 hours
Phone:
+359 32 620 229
@ ALYOSHA MONUMENT!
Alyosha (an affectionate diminutive of Aleksey) is an 11-metre (36-foot) tall reinforced concrete statue of a Soviet soldier on Bunarjik Hill in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The statue tops a 6-metre (20-foot) pedestal lined with granite. The memorial commemorates Soviet casualties incurred during the Soviet occupation of Bulgaria (which had been an Axis ally) in World War II.[A] It was installed in 1954-57.
"Alyosha" is also the name of Konstantin Vanshenkin and Eduard Kolmanovski's song that was adopted as Plovdiv's official anthem until 1989.[2] A well-known poem about the Plovdiv Soldier was written by Robert Rozhdestvensky.
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