Soviet War Memorial (Vienna)

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Soviet War Memorial
Heldendenkmal der Roten Armee
Soviet Union
Soviet War Memorial
For Soviet war dead of the Vienna offensive
Unveiled	August 19, 1945
Location	48°11′53.27″N 16°22′34.21″E / 48.1981306°N 16.3761694°E / 48.1981306; 16.3761694 Vienna, Austria
Designed by	S. G. Yakovlev
Commemorated	17,000
Вечная слава героям Красной Армии, павшим в боях с немецко-фашистскими захватчиками за свободу и независимость народов Европы Eternal glory to the heroes of the Red Army, who fell in battle with the German fascist invaders for the freedom and independence of the peoples of Europe

The Soviet War Memorial in Vienna, Austria, more formally known as the Heroes' Monument of the Red Army (German: Heldendenkmal der Roten Armee), is located at Vienna's Schwarzenbergplatz. The semi-circular white marble colonnade partially enclosing a twelve-metre figure of a Soviet soldier was unveiled in 1945.^[1] The Heroes' Monument of the Red Army of the Soviet Union in Vienna was built to commemorate the 17,000 Red Army soldiers killed in action during the Vienna offensive in World War II.^[2]