Babi Yar - the tract in the northwestern part of Kiev, between the districts and Lukiyanobskaya Syrets. Babi Yar became known worldwide as a place of mass executions of civilians, primarily Jews and Soviet prisoners of war, undertaken by the German occupying troops in 1941. There were shot, according to various sources, from 33 thousand to 100 thousand people. Currently in the Babi Yar are several monuments and memorials to Holocaust victims. Modern Monuments at Babi Yar and the surrounding area: - «Monument to Soviet citizens and prisoners of war, soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army, shot by the German occupiers at Babi Yar," is a multi-figure composition of bronze. Opened July 2, 1976. - «Menorah in Babi Yar" - a monument to the Jews shot in the form of a menorah. Established September 29, 1991, in a 50-year anniversary of the first mass execution of Jews. From the former offices of the Jewish cemetery at the monument laid tile-paved "road of sorrow». - Cross in memory of the 621 shot by members of the OUN, set Feb. 21, 1992, in the 50 th anniversary of the shooting Teligi Elena and her companions. - cross in memory of murdered Orthodox priests. Established in 2000 in a place where 6 November 1941 had been shot, Archimandrite Alexander and Fr Paul, calling on people to resist the Nazis. - Stone to the place to be Jewish Community Center. Laid down 29 September 2001, the 60-year anniversary of the first mass execution of Jews. Community Center was never built. - Monument shot children. Opened September 30, 2001 opposite the exit from the metro station "Dorogozhichi». - Stella memory Ostarbeiters, established in 2005. - A monument to victims Kurynivska tragedy in the form of a bell, installed in March 2006. - Monument shot on Sept. 27, 1941 insane. - Cross in memory of German POWs. - Monument of the unknown author, represent three cross welded from iron pipes, with an inscription on one of them "And in this place were killed people in 1941, Lord repose their souls. "
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