Focus on Statue of Graf Vorontsov, Odesa and explore the World War II.
At the start of World War II the anti-aircraft guns were installed in the Square, close to the monument, to protect Odesa from the bombing. The siege of Odesa (1941) lasted from 5 of August to 16 of October 1941, when the Soviets left the city and German troops entered the city.After World War II the bronze statue of Stalin was erected in the Square on the 10th anniversary of the Red Army, side by side with the statue of Graf Vorontsov. A construction in the form of a miniature map of the Soviet Union including rivers and hydroelectric power plants was posted close to this statue.
V Graf World War II Odesa Soviet Union Stalin Red Army Graf Vorontsov siege of Odesa (1941)