Military Equipment in Memorial of Glory in Korolyov

The Memorial of Glory is a war memorial complex in Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, Russia, dedicated to military personnel and toilers of the home front of the Great Patriotic war¹, as well to soldiers of other armed conflicts involving the Soviet Union and Russia. The memorial was opened on 9 May 1985.
The central part of the Memorial of Glory is the Monument to Soldiers of the Great Patriotic War. Also three examples of the Soviet military equipment are installed in the memorial as monuments: a T-34-85 tank, a BS-3 gun and a BRMD-2 armoured car.

Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 3.0. The description of the photo →
A Soviet medium tank T-34-85 Model 1944 installed as the monument to the home front toilers. The monument was unveiled on 9 May 2000.
The T-34-85 tank was equipped with the 85-mm ZIS-S-53 gun designed in 1943 by Central Artillery Design Bureau (the chief designer – Vasily Grabin) located in Kaliningrad².

Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 3.0. The description of the photo →
A Soviet 100 mm field gun model 1944 BS-3 mounted as a monument to the home front toilers. The monument was unveiled in 1985.
The BS-3 field gun was designed in 1943–1944 by the Central Artillery Design Bureau located in Kaliningrad.


Dmitry Ivanov. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
A BRDM-2 armoured patrol car installed as the monument “To internationalist soldiers³ who have fallen in local wars and armed conflicts”. The monument was unveiled in 2008.

Notes:
1. The term “Great Patriotic War” is used in Russia to describe the Eastern Front of World War II.
2. In 1938–1996 the name of the city of Korolyov was “Kaliningrad“.
3. The term “internationalist soldiers” is often used in Russia to describe miltary personnel of the Soviet war in Afghanistan and other local conflicts involving the Soviet Union and Russia.

See other other photos of Korolyov, Moscow Oblast:
• New Building of the Trinity Church in Korolyov.
• New Housing Estates in Korolyov.