Alyosha Monument, Murmansk

Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War
	Alyosha of Murmansk
	68°59′35″N 33°04′18″E
Location	Murmansk, Russia
Designer	I. A. Pokrovsky (architect); I. D. Brodsky (sculptor)
Type	large statue
Height	35.5 metres (116 ft)
Opening date	October 19, 1974

To the Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War (Russian: Защитникам Советского Заполярья в годы Великой Отечественной войны), commonly called Alyosha (Russian: 'Алёша'; Alyosha is an affectionate diminutive form of the name Aleksey) is a monument in Murmansk, Russia to Soviet soldiers, sailors, and airmen of World War II (called, in Russia, the Great Patriotic War).

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