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The memorial to fallen Soviet soldiers in the
Tiergarten is located in the Mitte district of the city
of Berlin . It was erected in 1945 in memory of those
Soviet soldiers who laid down their lives during the
Second World War .
The Tiergarten Memorial was brought to life thanks
to the efforts of talented sculptors Tsigal and
Kerbel , as well as the architect Sergievsky . Every
year on May 8 , to this day , solemn wreaths are laid
in memory of fallen soldiers . Until 1994 , this
monument , located in West Berlin , was attributed
to the Soviet enclave . Only after the collapse of the
USSR was an agreement signed between Russia and
Germany on the obligations of the German side in
caring for the memorial to fallen soldiers in the
Tiergarten .
The monument itself is a series of columns , inside
of which is a rather large stela . In the center there
is a statue of a Soviet soldier reaching eight meters
in height , who saved a German girl at the cost of his
own life . On the pillars of the Tiergarten memorial
are carved the names of the soldiers who died
during the tragic events of World War II . On both
sides there are two T - 34 tanks , as well as two guns
that directly participated in the Battle of Berlin . On
the left and right sides of the main walkway of the
monument are the graves of officers of the Soviet
Union .