in Madrid: Memorial to the volunteers from URSS
This memorial in Fuencarral cemetery commmerates the warrions from the Soviet Union who fought in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. This monument to Soviet volunteers who fought against the fascist regime was opened in Madrid on May 9 1989. Then the mayor of the Spanish capital, Juan Barranco, and the Soviet Ambassador to Spain, Sergei Romanovsky, took part in the opening ceremony of the memorial. The monument was created by sculptor V.Rukavishnikov and architect M.Voskresensky These photos were taken in January 2022.