WAR MONUMENT, SKIERNIEWICE, SKIERNIEWICKI, ŁÓDZKIE, POLAND

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Number of Photos: 2 Click here or on the image for this location's profile page Location Category ID: 16332 Address: Henryka Sienkiewicza, 96-100 Skierniewice Telephone: Email: Opening Times: Accessible at any time Official Website: Other Links: Geocaching.com Skierniewice.com Latitude, Longitude: 51.9659 , 20.148267 Location Accuracy: 10 Tanks Previously Here: On 17 January 1945 in the morning Soviet tanks entered Skierniewice; one of them was hit in the vicinity of the railway station, as a result of the hit the entire crew perished (source: Skierniewice.com). That tank now forms part of a monument to the liberation of the town from the Nazi occupation. During the Communist era there was a scandal when a group returning from a night’s celebrations turned the tank’s turret so that it was directed toward the nearest building. The police began an investigation but the perpetrators of the crime were not caught. The turret was welded in position. (Source: Geocaching.com). For many years the celebration of the anniversary of the liberation from Nazi occupation was held at the monument. Since the end of the Communist era there has been some controversy over linking the celebrations to a symbol of Soviet occupation. The monument consists of a tank mounted on a sloped stone plinth. On the front of the plinth a plaque reads: POLEGLI NA POLU CHWAŁY PODCZAS WYZWALANIA SKIERNIEWIC 17 STYCZNIA 1945 ROKU ŻOŁNIERZE GWARDII ARMII RADZIECKIEJ MŁ. LEJTNANT GWARDII KAROL PARFENOWICZ STIOPKIN ST. SIERŻANT EUGENIUSZ FEDOROWICZ KROSZKIN ST. SIERŻANT MIKOŁAJ NIKIFOROWICZ SZADUROW SIERŻANT PIOTR ALEKSANDROWICZ WARANKIN SZEREGOWIEC IWAN FEDOROWICZ KORABIEJNIKOW SZEREGOWIEC WASYL WASYLEWICZ ZAZIMKO SZEREGOWIEC MURABEK ALPIJEW SZEREGOWIEC KURBAN MUSTAFAJEW CZEŚĆ I CHWAŁA BOHATERSKIM WYZWOLICIELOM SPOŁECZEŃSTWO MIASTA KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY DURING THE LIBERATION OF SKIERNIEWICE 17 JANUARY 1945 SOVIET GUARDS ARMY SOLDIERS JUNIOR LIEUTENANT GUARD CHARLES PARFENOWICZ STIOPKIN SENIOR SERGEANT EUGENE FEDOROWICZ KROSZKIN STAFF SERGEANT NICHOLAS NIKIFOROWICZ SZADUROW SERGEANT PETER ALEXANDROVICH WARANKIN PRIVATE IVAN FEDOROVICH KORABIEJNIKOW PRIVATE VASILI VASIL'EVICH ZAZIMKO PRIVATE MURABEK ALPIJEW PRIVATE KURBAN MUSTAFAJEW TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF THE HEROIC LIBERATORS THE TOWN COMMUNITY

1) T-34-85 Tank Soviet Number of Photos: 3 Click here or on the image for this tank's profile page Unique ID: 476 Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: This is a Model 1945. It has had its turret welded in place.