Alyosha Monument

Alyosha is a 11-meter 36-foot tall fortified solid statue of a Soviet officer on Bunarjik Hill in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The statue beat a 6-meter 20-foot platform fixed with stone. The dedication celebrates Soviet losses acquired amid the Soviet control of Bulgaria which had been an Axis partner in World War II. It was introduced in 1954-57. "Alyosha" is additionally the name of Konstantin Vanshenkin and Eduard Kolmanovski's tune that was embraced as Plovdiv's legitimate song of praise until 1989. An outstanding lyric about the Plovdiv Soldier was composed by Robert Rozhdestvensky.

Plovdiv experts tried to have the statue expelled on no less than two events, in 1989 and 1996. The 1989 choice prompted a protection battle which incorporated a watch by the statue day and night with a specific end goal to keep it from being wrecked. Alyosha Skurlatov, a fighter of the third Ukrainian Front who filled in as the model for this statue, passed on in 2013 at 91 years old. The transcending commemoration sits on one the few slopes in Plovdiv sitting above the city. The landmark's name, Alyosha, originates from a typical moniker for Russian warriors, and is likewise the title of Plovdiv's authentic hymn amid Bulgaria's Soviet period.