Soviet Red Army Monument, Harbin

This monument in Harbin honors Soviet Red Army soldiers who died during the 1945 invasion of Manchuria, which ended Japanese occupation of Northeast China. It stands 18 meters tall and faces east, featuring two life-size sculptures of a Soviet soldier and sailor.

Don't miss

• Two life-size sculptures: a Soviet Red Army soldier and a Soviet Navy sailor, one hand holding a fallen rifle and the other raising a five-pointed star together
• Reliefs of wheat ears, flags, and hammer and sickle patterns on the upper monument body
• The numerals '3-IX-1945' (September 3, 1945), the Soviet VJ Day commemoration date
• State Emblem of the Soviet Union sculpted on all four sides of the lower body
• Reliefs depicting Soviet troops in battle on the north and south sides
• Two inscriptions, one in Russian and one in Chinese, honoring fallen heroes

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Getting there

Know before you go

• It was listed as a Heilongjiang Province cultural relic protection site in 1999 and as a Harbin first-class historical building in 2010.
• A bronze plaque on the lower left side of the front base records the monument's origin.

A bit of history

After Soviet troops entered Harbin in August 1945, they demolished a monument to White Russian émigrés and erected this monument in its place. Construction began in August 1945 and finished on November 7, 1945, the 28th anniversary of the October Revolution. During the Sino-Soviet split in the 1960s and 1970s, the monument was covered by scaffolding, but wreaths were still laid on Qingming Festival and Victory in Europe Day. It became a cultural relic protection site in 1995, and Russian presidents Boris Yeltsin in 1997 and Vladimir Putin in 2024 laid flowers there.