Mound of Immortality explained

Mound of Immortality (ru|Курган Бессмертия, Kurgan Bessmertiya) is the name of several memorials/monuments in the former Soviet Union that commemorate the Soviet soldiers and ordinary citizens who fought and perished during the German–Soviet War. They exist in the following locations:

• Polotsk, Belarus ^[1]
• Orsha, Belarus ^[2]
• Bryansk, Russia^{[3] [4] [5]}
• Smolensk, Russia ^[6]
• Yefremov, Tula Oblast, Russia ^[7]

In addition there is a Mound of Immortality in honor of Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian poet Adam Mickiewicz in Novogrudok, Belarus.^[8]

See also

• Mound of Glory

Notes and References

1. http://www.belarus.by/en/belarus/territory/vitebsk/polotsk/ Polotsk
2. http://www.belarus.by/en/belarus/territory/vitebsk/orsha/ Orsha
3. http://www.rostour.com/eng/posetit/2263/index.shtml "Burial Mound of Immortality"
4. http://wikimapia.org/553854/ru/ Bryansk Mound of Immortality
5. http://www.statesymbol.ru/image/regionsymbol/20051004/39600529.html Курган Бессмертия
6. http://www.admcity.smolensk.ru/info/monument/monument.html "Tourist attractions"
7. http://wikimapia.org/6973808/ru Yefremov Mound of Immortality
8. http://tourgrodno.by/en/catalog?gid=47 Novogrudok