Monument to Anohin

In Anohin street not far from the Drama Theatre there is the monument to Anohin. He was a professional revolutionary. He came to Chita in 1921 and became the secretary of the Central Committee of the communist party of Far East Republic. In 1922 he was killed by bandits.

Where is the monument to Anohin? Why is there such a monument in Chita? Tell us about this monument.

Monument to Fighters for Soviet Power

1918-1920 were the years of bloody war against white guards and interventionists. Thousands of the best sons and daughters of our region died. To revere their memory the monument to the fighters for the Soviet Power was built in Chita in Revolution Square. It was opened on November 6, 1977. The monument represents the soldier of Red Army with a rifle in his right hand, the worker with a riffle too and the red peasant partisan between them. They are 6,5 metres high. Looking at these gigantic figures made of cast iron we remember the words of the song: «... and at the coast of the Pacific Ocean they finished their battle».

Lenin Square

Lenin Square is in the centre of Chita between Leningradskaya and Butin. Chaikovski and Lermontov streets. It is the former Novosibirskaya Square. In 1899 Alexandro-Nevsky Cathedral was founded here. But there were some mistakes in its construction and when the cracks appeared the cathedral was dismantled. The building of school № 4 was made of the bricks of that cathedral. A group of pilots who tragically died on September 29, 1944 are buried in Lenin Square. Lenin Square is the place of holiday meetings, demonstrations and public merrymakings. The new year tree with traditional Snow Frost, Snow Maiden and Snow Town appear in it in winter. Both old and young enjoy them.

The Memorial of Fighting and Labour Glory

On June 22, 1941 fascist Germany attacked the Soviet Union. The Great Patriotic War began. It was the great trial for all people of our country. The whole industry of our parts was changed into military one. Tens of thousands of people from Zabaikalie went to the front. Women, teenagers and labour veterans took their places in plants and factories. They did their best to help their country at that difficult time. They produced clothes and food for the front. The work of the Zabaikalskaya railway is worth mentioning too. It played an important role in delivering goods and people to the front and back. People of Zabaikalie sent 367 million roubles to the Defence Fund, a lot of parcels with food and warm clothes, 23 thousand horses, more than 2,5 million poods of meat, 5 million and 200 thousand poods of milk and brynza to the front. During the Great Patriotic War soldiers from Zabaikalie showed real heroism in the fight against fascist invaders and Japanese samurais. They were always in the first ranks. On May 9, 1975, on the day of the thirtieth anniversary of the Great Victory over fascist Germany the Memorial of Fighting and Labour Glory was opened on the territory of Victory Park. The names of those who died for freedom of our country are written on stone walls of the Memorial. There is the Eternal Flame there where people go on May 9 to revere the memory of all the fallen. 5 powerful stelaes rising high to the blue Zabaikalsky sky symbolize the feat of soviet people during the Great Patriotic War. Fighting machines are put there forever too.