Monument to Bulgarian-Russian Friendship
Location: Chargan, Bulgaria
Completed: 1987
Architects: Ivan Bitrakov, Hristo Malchev (architects), Dimitâr Dimitrov and Zdravko Milushev (sculptors)
Genre: Socialist monument, former Eastern Bloc
The 22-metre monument was unveiled to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution. The vertical structure consists of four sculptural themes; a Russian and Bulgarian soldier at the base, then a mother and child, a cosmonaut and finally, the goddess of victory, Nike, at the top of the monument. More information about Bulgaria’s communist-era monuments and memorials.
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