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Monument to the Soviet Liberator – Soldier set in the Austrian capital, suffered from the vandals’ actions. Unknown criminals spilt paint on the memorial which is situated at the Schwartzenberg square, TASS informs.
Monument was set in the center of Vienne back in 1945. Its authors are an architect Yakovlev and sculptor Intizaryan. The monument is dedicated to the Soviet warriors who died at liberating the city. During the Vienna offensive operation about 17 000 soldiers and officers of the Red Army died. The monument represents a soldier’s figure of 12-meter height with Shpagin submachine gun on the breast and the golden helmet on the head. He is holding the Victory Banner in one hand and a golden shield with an image of the Soviet Union’s coat of arms in the other hand.
Unfortunately, the monument to the liberators of the Austrian capital has several times fallen a victim to criminal attacks. It was spilt with paint at the beginning of March the last time. In January, it had to be cleaned off the paint again. The tourists from Russia managed to stop an attempt to desecrate the monument. They shared that they saw the two young people coming to the monument in the evening on May 1. They carried bottles with the black liquid. The Russians banished the criminals.
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