Mourning Angel

Niyaz Azizovich Yalymov, head of the Tolyatti organization Victims of Political Repression proposed in 1999 that such a memorial be constructed.

The statue was installed on the Veteran's Mall of Tolyatti Central Park and was opened on October 30 (the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions), 2005.

Total cost for creation of the monument was 8 million rubles, shared by the regional and city governments.

At one side is the bronze figure of the sitting angel, 2.8 metres (9.2 ft) tall, on a granite pedestal, head slightly bowed.

The sculpture acquired a new symbolism after the Tolyatti bus bombing of 2007 (eight killed, 56 injured), which occurred on October 31, the morning after the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions.