The height of Marshal Konev (museum, 1965)

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The Memorial Complex "The Height of Marshal Konev" was opened after reconstruction in 2003, on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Kharkov from the Nazi invaders.

In 1943 the headquarters of the Commander of the Steppe Front was stationed here, from which Marshal I. Konev, in order to save the city from the devastation, ordered the night storming of Kharkov, and the next day the city was liberated. In the battle nearly half a million soldiers died, but this operation laid the foundation for the liberation of all of Ukraine. The memorial was built in 1965, in 2003 a complete reconstruction was carried out. The complex includes a 17.5-m high stele, an exhibition of military equipment, a chapel in honor of John the Warrior, a museum "Kharkiv region in the Great Patriotic War 1941-45." In one of the halls of the museum, the command post of I. Konev is reproduced, its last form is exhibited.

town of Solonitsevka of Dergachevsky district

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