59°55′52″N30°21′43″E / 59.931°N 30.362°E /59.931; 30.362Leningrad Hero City Obelisk (Russian:Обелиск «Городу-герою Ленинграду») is a monument in the shape of anobelisk located inVosstaniya Square inSaint Petersburg,Russia, which was known as Leningrad from 1924 to 1991. It was installed onVictory Day of May 1985 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of theRed Army's victory in theGerman-Soviet War. The monument was designed by architectsVladimir Lukyanov and A. I. Alymov.^[1]

Leningrad Hero City Obelisk

The Hero City Obelisk is located inVosstaniya Square inSaint Petersburg
Location	Saint Petersburg,Russia
Type	Sculpture
Completion date	May 1985
Dedicated to	Commemorates the fortieth anniversary of theRed Army's victory in theGerman-Soviet War

The Hero-City Obelisk ispentahedral in shape; its cross section has the shape of a star.^[2] In its lower part, the Obelisk is encircled with a bronze wreath covering the joint of the two monoliths. Themonument is decorated with bronzehigh reliefs devoted to the heroic defence ofLeningrad while a gold star shines on its top. After theAlexander Column, it is the highest stone monument inSaint Petersburg.

When Soviet forces eventually lifted thesiege in January 1944, over one million inhabitants of Leningrad had died from starvation, exposure and German shelling. 300,000 soldiers had perished in the defence and relief of Leningrad. Leningrad was awarded the titleHero City in 1945, being the first city to receive that distinction.

Installing the obelisk required highly skilled builders and fitters. Greygranite resembling the colour of soldier's overcoat was chosen to make the body of the monument. The rock was obtained from a quarry of the Vozrozhdenie (literally:Revival) deposit near the town ofVyborg. On 6 November 1983, amonolith weighing 2200 tonnes was separated from the source rock with the help of a controlled explosion. The finishing touches and polishing of the granite were done on the site. In early April 1985, the Obelisk crowned with the "Gold Star" was installed onto itspedestal.

The total height of the obelisk is 36 meters. It consists of a crowned top and a central trunk of height 22.5 meters, pommel and Star — 4.5 m. and base — 9 m. Its base has a diameter of 3.5 meters and a width of 9 meters. The overall mass of the monument is approximately 390 tonnes. The total mass of the monument with the base is 750 tonnes. The diameter bronze wreaths is 4.5 meters while that of the Gold Star at its top, which is made ofstainless steel, is 1.8 meters.^[3]

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  Pommel and «Gold Star» at the top height 4,5 meters

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