Monument to the Railway Workers, part of the Memorial to the Revolutionary, Military and Labour Glory of Railway Workers
Location: Bendery (Bender), Transnistria
Completed: 1977
Architects: V. Petrov and E. Chumak
Genre: Soviet monument, former USSR
Located next to Bender-1 Railway Station, the 6-metre stele is part of the Memorial to the Revolutionary, Military and Labour Glory of Railway Workers and represents three generations of railwaymen. A monument commemorating the 1918 “Black Fence” massacre and the Museum Complex of the Glory of Railway Workers make up the other components of the memorial site.
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