Victory Memorial Park (Cheboksary)

Victory Park in Cheboksary is an iconic place for many local families and at the same time one of the best viewing platforms in the city. Located at the highest point of the city, the park covers more than 30 hectares and is located on the banks of the Volga in the city center. From here you have a stunning view of the Volga, the Cheboksary Volga region and the historical part of the city.

Victory Park combines military history, a panorama of the city and a cozy place for walking. The park is dedicated to the complex pages of Russian history, starting from the 40s of the 20th century. Cheboksary residents have allocated the most beautiful place in the city to honor the memory of their heroes. The park symbolizes the memory of soldiers who fought in the Great Patriotic, Afghan and Chechen wars, liquidators of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident and sailors from Chuvashia.

The main alleys of the park start from the Open Air Museum of Military Equipment. The central alley, the Walk of Glory, of blue spruce trees leads to the Monument of Military Glory and the Eternal Flame. The park contains numerous monuments to soldiers and heroes.

Monument of Military Glory

The Monument of Military Glory is the dominant feature of the park and the entire city. This is a bronze composition: the Motherland holds a banner and points forward, next to her stands a soldier with a weapon in his hands. The height of the monument exceeds 16 meters. The monument was created by architect Grigory Alekseevich Zakharov and sculptor Alexander Dmitrievich Shcherbakov and opened in May 1980. At the foot of the hill where the monument stands, the Eternal Flame burns, lit from the Eternal Flame from the Hall of Military Glory on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd.

City view

The Monument of Military Glory offers stunning views of the Volga, the Gulf and the old part of Cheboksary. This is an excellent starting point for a sightseeing tour or a walk around the city.

Open-air museum

The park also houses an open-air Museum of Military Equipment, where more than a dozen examples of military equipment are collected, including airplanes, helicopters, armored vehicles and artillery. This place is especially popular with children who love to climb on the fighting vehicles and ask lots of questions.

Museum exhibits

Among the exhibits you can see:

• T-34−85, produced at the Krasnoye Sormovo plant in 1944.
• T-34−85, produced at plant No. 174 in Omsk in 1944.
• 122-mm howitzer M-30 model 1938
• 76-mm divisional gun ZIS-3 model 1942
• 152-mm howitzer D-1 model 1943
• 152-mm gun-howitzer D-20
• 152-mm cannon 2A36 “Gyacinth-B”
• BTR-60PB
• 122-mm self-propelled gun 2S1 “Gvozdika”
• 122-mm gun-howitzer D-30
• multi-purpose helicopter Mi-8
• MiG-19

Walking park

Victory Park is also a great place for walks, dates and relaxing with children. This is a cozy place on a high hill, away from major roads and noisy cars, which creates an atmosphere of calm and grace. In 2012, an apple alley of 44 trees was planted here. The park has fresh air, a pleasant wind from the Volga, flower beds, a fountain, an evergreen spruce alley and many benches where you can relax after a walk or sit with a book.

Victory Memorial Park

Memorial Park "Victory" is located on the high bank of the Volga on the street. Zoya Yakovleva and covers an area of ​​30 hectares. The park is visible from different parts of the city due to its location on a high hill. In 1996, a monument to soldiers who died in the Caucasus appeared here, and in 1999, the chapel of St. John, the patron saint of warriors, was consecrated. In subsequent years, monuments to the liquidators of the Chernobyl accident and internationalist soldiers who died in Afghanistan were erected.

Victory Park is a unique place where everything reminds of the glory and feat of the heroes who gave their lives for the sake of the Motherland. In addition, it offers a picturesque view of the Cheboksary Bay; there is a lot of vegetation on the territory, evergreen spruce trees and many flower arrangements.