Ulaanbaatar
President lays wreath to ‘War Horses’ Monument
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. President of
Mongolia, who is currently on an official visit to the Russian Federation, laid
wreaths at the monument – ‘War Horses’ on Poklannaya Hill, Moscow.
Jointly created by Mongolian sculptor
A.Ochirbold and Russian architects V.V. Perfiliev and A.K. Tikhonov, the monument
was gifted by the people of Mongolia on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of
the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and honorably unveiled in the Victory
Park, Poklannaya Hill by an order of the Mayor of Moscow.
The monument with two horses dragging an
artillery gun symbolizes Mongolia’s invaluable aid during the war. An
inscription on the monument reads: "From the first days of the Great
Patriotic War, the people of Mongolia was a loyal ally of the Soviet people and
contributed to the Great Victory, sending tank convoys, air squadrons, half a
million horses and other gifts."
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