The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ( Uzbek: Noma'lum askar maqbarasi, Russian: Могила Неизвестного Солдата) is a war memorial, dedicated to the Soviet soldiers killed during World War II. [1] It is located on Mustaqillik Maydoni in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
History
It contains the remains of an Uzbek soldier who died in the Battle of Moscow. [2] The body was transferred to the authorities in the Uzbek SSR on May 7, 1975, in time for the 30th anniversary of the end of WWII. [3] [4] In 1999, it became part of the Square of Memory and Honour. [5]
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See also
References
- ^ Тюриков, Владимир (1987). День за днем: хроника культурной жизни Узбекистана, 1917–1987 (in Russian). Изд-во лит-ры и искусства им. Гафура Гуляма.
- ^ "National War Memorial (Tomb of the Unknown Soldier) – Tashkent". www.tracesofwar.com. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ^ Stronski, Paul (2010-09-19). Tashkent: Forging a Soviet City, 1930–1966. University of Pittsburgh Pre. ISBN 9780822973898.
- ^ Тюриков, Владимир (1987). День за днем: хроника культурной жизни Узбекистана, 1917–1987 (in Russian). Изд-во лит-ры и искусства им. Гафура Гуляма.
- ^ "Площадь Памяти и Почестей в Ташкенте".