Monuments of the First World war
The first world war was one of the bloodiest and largest conflicts in human history. 38 States participated in the conflict. Participants of the first world war were: on the one hand, the Quadrennial Union, which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey (Ottoman Empire). A total of 17 million soldiers and civilians died in the First world war. In memory of them were installed monuments around the world about their 32. The First World War 28 July 1914 — 11 November 1918 This monument was erected may 30, 2014 in the city of Kaliningrad. Was created by sculptor Salavat Scherbakov with the support of the Russian military-historical society. The monument consists of four bronze sculptures on a high pedestal, representing the representatives of different classes who participated in the First world war — a nobleman-an officer, a student-raznochinets, ensign and a peasant-a soldier. According to the authors of the monument that symbolizes the unity of all classes at the beginning of the war. Monument to the heroes of World War I (Kaliningrad)