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30 Mar 2017

Lukashenko lays flowers at Eternal Glory Monument in Ashgabat

ASHGABAT, 30 March (BelTA) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko laid a wreath to the Eternal Glory Monument in the Halk Hakydasy Memorial Complex (People's Memory) in Ashgabat, BelTA has learned.

The memorial complex, which covers an area of 650,000 square meters, was inaugurated in October 2014. The complex includes a monument in honor of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the monuments perpetuating the memory of the heroes who died during the battle near Geok Depe (1881) and victims of the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake.

Monument to the soldiers fallen in the Great Patriotic War was opened in 1970 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Victory. Five 27-meter high steles with a base in the form of eight-pointed star embody the unfolding flower.

The monument dedicated to the victims of the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake is a 10m-high bronze sculpture mounted on a marble podium, rising above an area 24 meters high.

The monuments are surrounded by fountains, lawns and flower beds

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