Monument aux combattants russes (Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois)

Monument aux combattants russes in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

The Monument aux combattants russes (war memorial for the Russian fallen) in the Russian cemetery in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois , a French commune in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region , was erected in the 1950s. As part of the Russian cemetery, the small chapel is on the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique .

The war memorial commemorates the servicemen of Russian nationality who were killed as soldiers in the French army during World War II .

The structure was built on behalf of the mother of a fallen Russian soldier. The pyramid roof of the chapel, which is open on three sides, rests on columns. An icon depicting the crucifixion of Christ is attached to the front .

A plaque commemorates Vera Apollonowna Obolenskaja , who was murdered as a resistance fighter on August 4, 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee .

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , p. 946.

Web links

Commons : Monument aux combattants russes (Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cimetière de Liers in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 37 ′ 56.6 "  N , 2 ° 20 ′ 38.1"  E