Monument Of The Defense Of The Motherland

This is a great Monument and contains some great museums. Make sure you go with a Ukrainian who can translate, because everything is in Russian. Also big tip, don’t make any comments about similarities between the World War II and the conflict in Ukraine, the caretakers will over hear your comments and argue (rightfully so) that the war between the Germans and Ukrainians (Soviets) was much more costly. The Monument is beautiful, and symbolizes what people will do to defend their land and families. The last room in the museum is quite touching, a large room with death notices and glasses. The cost is reasonable, and it’s worth buying the pass to take pictures.

This huge Statue of Libertyesque monument is a memorial to all those in Ukraine that defended her during the Great Patriotic War (WWII). She’s 236 feet tall and coated in titanium. Beneath her is a museum of sorts to the defenders of the city. The museum has little information about the war, it’s an artistically arranged grouping of artifacts from the war. There are piles of German Helmets, photos of concentration camps survivors and victims from Ukraine as well as pieces of the war that really makes one think. As you exit, there is a wall some 100 feet long with thousands of photos of Ukranians that were affected by the war. As Americans, we need to be reminded of how much our forefathers have done for our freedom and how hard so many others have fought for their own freedom.