To Donbas Liberators

To Donbas Liberators (Ukrainian: Твоїм визволителям, Донбасе, romanized: Tvoim vyzvolyteliam, Donbase, lit.

Monument is done in the shape of a triangle, which is a group of three inclined walls coming out of the ground and symbolizing the silhouettes of Donetsk terricones by their sharp edges.

On the platform there is a sculptural composition, a Miner and a Soldier, who hold with their right hands the sword with its edge down.

The pedestal is lined outside with black granite rising from the ground angle-wise that symbolizes the coal layers.

In 1976, the group of Donetsk authors began working on the monument, among them sculptors Yuri Baldin and Alexander Porozhnyuk, and architects Vladimir Kishkan and Mikhail Ksenevich, the design engineer Yefim Raygorodetsky.

This room was used to store old scenery of Donetsk National Academic Ukrainian Musical and Drama Theatre.

In the late 2000s (decade), Alexander Porozhnyuk returned to the idea of creating a museum inside the monument,[11] and in 2010, the works on preparing the ground facilities to the creation of Great Patriotic War Museum began, that are supposed to be finished in two or three years.

[12] In 2010, to honor the 65th anniversary of Victory in World War II three tanks were installed in front of the monument: T-34-76, T-34-85, T-54/55, two anti-tank guns ZIS-2, and ZiS-3.