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Monument to soldiers who died in Second World War in Zhezdy.

Monuments in villages of Ulytau region.

  "My comrade, in mortal agony
Don't call your friends in vain.
Let me better warm my palms
Over your smoking blood.
Don't cry, don't moan, you're not little,
You're not wounded, you're just killed.
Let me take off your felt boots as a souvenir.
We still have to advance.”

Jonah Degen.

Monuments of Great Patriotic War in Ulytau region.

The monument to the soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War is located at an altitude of 451 meters above sea level, located 70 meters from the Zhezkazgan - Karsakbay highway, in the northwestern part of the village of Zhezdy in the Ulytau district of the region of the same name.
The monument was opened in 1982. The names of 689 fellow countrymen who did not return from the war are immortalized on memorial plaques. On the stele there is the Order of Victory, on the pediment of the monument: in the middle there is a hammer and sickle on the left and on the right, bas-reliefs of warriors.
Geographic coordinates of monument to soldiers who died in Great Patriotic War in village of Zhezdy: N48°03'59.10" E67°02'24.59"

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Authority and photos by
Alexander Petrov.