Savur-Mohyla
Savur-Mohyla (), often transliterated using the Russian spelling Saur-Mogila (), is a strategic height in the Donets ridge near the city of Snizhne, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Key facts
- Military memorial.name
- Savur-Mohyla Memorial
- Military memorial.image
- 200px
- Military memorial.caption
- Savur-Mohyla Memorial, 2008
- Military memorial.commemorates
- Red Army soldiers fallen during World War II
- Military memorial.nearest_town
- Snizhne
- Military memorial.designer
- Anatoly Ignashchenko
- Military memorial.unveiled
- 1963
- Historic site.embed
- yes
- Historic site.designation1
- UKRAINE NATIONAL
- Historic site.designation1_offname
- (Savur-Mohyla Memorial Complex)
- Historic site.designation1_type
- History
- Historic site.designation1_number
Article
7 sectionsContents
- History
- World War II
- 2014 war in Donbas
- Destruction of the memorial
- Reconstruction
- Gallery
- References
Savur-Mohyla (), often transliterated using the Russian spelling Saur-Mogila (), is a strategic height in the Donets ridge near the city of Snizhne, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
The tall hill is better known for a big monument complex that was built in 1963 by Ukrainian architect Anatoly Ignashchenko to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Savur Mohyla during World War II.