Victory Square
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A Soviet-style memorial square marking victory in World War II. Three red granite arches symbolise the crown of a yurt, and beside the eternal flame stands a statue of a mother waiting for her loved ones to return.
Victory Square was built in 1985 to mark the 40th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. The monument consists of three huge red granite arches that meet at the top, shaped after the crown (tunduk) of the Kyrgyz yurt (boz uy) to symbolise home. An eternal flame burns beneath the arches, beside a statue of a Kyrgyz mother gazing into the distance and waiting for her son to return from the front, solemn and moving. Memorial walls and flower beds line the sides of the square. On 9 May, Victory Day, veterans and citizens lay flowers here, and newlyweds often come to take photos and leave flowers. Admission is free. Getting there: it is east of the city centre, about a 15-minute walk from Ala-Too Square, and can be combined with Oak Park and the Philharmonic Hall into a Soviet architecture citywalk. Note: keep silent around the eternal flame.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Kyrgyz National Opera and Ballet Theatre
- Gapar Aitiev National Museum of Fine Arts
- Bishkek Central Mosque (Imam Sarakhsi)
- Oak Park
- Frunze House Museum
- State Historical Museum
- Ala-Too Square
- Erkindik Boulevard