Kruty Heroes Memorial

Kruty, Ukraine

Kruty Heroes Memorial (', Memorial pamiati heroiv Krut) is a monument honoring 500 cadets who died defending Kyiv at the Battle of Kruty delaying the advancement of Bolshevik Red Army on January 29, 1918. The memorial is a 10 metre red column situated on a hill and includes a chapel and a cross-shaped lake. It was dedicated by President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko in the village of Kruty, Chernihiv Oblast on August 25, 2006.

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