Monument to the Victims of the Intervention

The Monument to the Victims of the Intervention is a reinforced concrete platform, and pedestal, located in Five Corners Square, Murmansk.

Following the withdrawal of Allied troops after the failed Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, the White forces mostly collapsed, allowing the Red forces to reintegrate the city into the USSR.

At least 136 people were buried in waste ground in the centre of the city and seven years later it was decided that a memorial would be built over this mass grave.

[3] The monument is a three tier raised platform located in the centre of Five Corners Square surrounded by a low post-and-chain style fence, it is made of reinforced concrete that has been painted white.

On the lowest tier stands a pedestal bearing a plaque which reads; The stairs to the second tier are located to the rear of the monument and feature a handrail which extends onto the platform.