Soviet War Memorial

The Soviet War Memorial is one of several war memorials in , the capital city of Germany, erected by the Soviet Union to commemorate its war dead, particularly the 80,000 soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces who died during the Battle of Berlin in April and May 1945.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: war memorial in Berlin-Tiergarten, Germany
  • Also known as: “Soviet Cenotaph” and “Soviet War Memorial Tiergarten”
  • Wheelchair access: limited
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brandenburg Gate and Platz der Republik.

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The is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in , Germany. One of the best-known landmarks of the country, it was erected on the site of a former that marked the start of the road from Berlin to , the former capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. is situated 390 metres east of Soviet War Memorial.

Square
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is a square in , . It is located in the , directly in front of the . The square has an area of about 36,900 square meters and is almost completely covered by grass but is decorated with some hedges and a few trees. is situated 230 metres north of Soviet War Memorial.

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The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas, also known as the , is a memorial in to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust committed by Nazi Germany, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and Buro Happold. is situated 550 metres southeast of Soviet War Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorotheenstadt and Tiergarten.

Quarter
is a historic zone or neighbourhood of central , , which forms part of the locality of within the borough also called .

Suburb
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is a locality within the borough of , in central . Notable for the great and homonymous urban park, before German reunification, it was a part of West Berlin.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Soviet War Memorial

Latitude
52.51664° or 52° 30′ 60″ north
Longitude
13.37195° or 13° 22′ 19″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Inception
1945
Open location code
9F4MG98C+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41368167
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6944097
Wiki­data ID
Q32660126
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Soviet War Memorial” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “النصب التذكاري السوفيتي للحرب (تيرجارتن)”
  • Arabic: “النصب التذكاري السوفيتي للحرب”
  • Armenian: “Խորհրդային զոհված զինվորների հուշահամալիր (Տիերգարտեն)”
  • Armenian: “Խորհրդային զոհված զինվորների հուշահամալիր”
  • Cebuano: “Sowjetisches Ehrenmal”
  • Chinese: “苏军纪念碑 (柏林蒂尔加滕)”
  • Chinese: “苏军纪念碑”
  • Chinese: “蘇軍紀念碑 (柏林蒂爾加滕)”
  • Dutch: “Sowjetisches Ehrenmal (Tiergarten)”
  • Dutch: “Sowjetisches Ehrenmal”
  • Esperanto: “Sovetunia Militmonumento (Tiergarten, Berlino)”
  • Finnish: “Tiergartenin neuvostomonumentti”
  • French: “Mémorial soviétique de Tiergarten”
  • French: “mémorial soviétique”
  • French: “Mémorial soviétique”
  • German: “Ehrenmal im Tiergarten”
  • German: “Sowjetisches Ehrenmal im Tiergarten”
  • German: “Sowjetisches Ehrenmal mit Soldatenfigur”
  • German: “Sowjetisches Ehrenmal Tiergarten”
  • German: “Sowjetisches Ehrenmal”
  • German: “Sowjetisches Kriegsdenkmal (Tiergarten, Berlin)”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת המלחמה הסובייטית (טירגארטן)”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת המלחמה הסובייטית”
  • Indonesian: “Monumen Perang Soviet”
  • Italian: “Memoriale per i soldati sovietici”
  • Italian: “Memoriale sovietico”
  • Italian: “Sowjetisches Ehrenmal”
  • Japanese: “ソビエト戦勝記念碑”
  • Korean: “소비에트 전쟁 기념물”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sovjetisk krigsminnesmerke”
  • Norwegian: “Sovjetisk krigsminnesmerke Tiergarten”
  • Norwegian: “Sovjetisk krigsminnesmerke”
  • Polish: “Pomnik Żołnierzy Radzieckich w Berlinie-Tiergarten”
  • Polish: “Pomnik Żołnierzy Radzieckich w Berlinie”
  • Portuguese: “Memorial de Guerra Soviético no Tiergarten”
  • Portuguese: “Memorial de Guerra Soviético”
  • Russian: “Мемориал павшим советским воинам в Тиргартене”
  • Spanish: “Monumento de Guerra Soviético (Tiergarten)”
  • Spanish: “Monumento de Guerra Soviético”
  • Swedish: “Sowjetisches Ehrenmal Tiergarten”
  • Tatar: “Һәлак булган совет гаскәриләренә һәйкәл”
  • Turkish: “Sovyet Savaş Anıtı”
  • Western Panjabi: “سوویت جنگی یادگار”
  • Western Panjabi: “سوویٹ لڑائی چیتا”

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