Black Tulip Memorial, Yekaterinburg

Black Tulip Memorial, Yekaterinburg (must see)

The Black Tulip Memorial is a recreated cargo space of a military transport plane that used to transport the bodies of dead Russian soldiers back home from the Afghan war. Such aircraft were called "Black Tulips" by the Afghan veterans. In the center of the memorial is the figure of a seated soldier with a gun, surrounded by metal pylons engraved with the names of the soldiers killed during the war in Afghanistan. The monument is made of metal with a special coating. The central figure of the monument weighs 4.5 tons and stands 4.7 meters tall. The height of the pylons is 10 meters. The names of the 240 soldiers killed in Afghanistan are carved on the ten pylons of the monument. After the anti-terrorist operation in Chechnya, granite plates with the names of servicemen killed in Chechnya and Dagestan were added to the memorial.

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Black Tulip Memorial on Map

Sight Name: Black Tulip Memorial
Sight Location: Yekaterinburg, Russia (See walking tours in Yekaterinburg)
Sight Type: Attraction/Landmark
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