Yeschi

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Monument (2015)

Jeschi (also Protiwotankowye jeschi ; Russian Противотанковые ежи for antitank hedgehogs ) is a monument in Khimki in Moscow .

The monument, opened in 1966, is located at kilometer 23 (measured from Moscow city center) on Leningrader Chaussee and marks the place closest to the Russian capital, which the German Wehrmacht had reached in December 1941 during their advance on Moscow .

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Commons : Ezhi monument  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 55 ° 54 ′ 47 ″  N , 37 ° 24 ′ 10 ″  E