Poklonnaya Gora Traditional Cache
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Poklonnaya Gora is a place where one can enjoy views of Moscow, pay tribute to heroes and victims on WWII, admire the mighty architecture, enjoy unique combination of leisure and pathos. Cache is hidden in a small forrest like part of the park.
Memorial complex is situated on the territory of 135 hectares and includes Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, covering an area of 33,992 square meters, with an adjoining picture gallery, Victory Monument and 3 temples of 3 religions built in memory of the killed during the war, open air exhibitions of weapons and combat equipment, including specimens of material of the navy and the railroad forces, and engineering structures.
The central alley of the Victory Park with fountains symbolize duration of the war connects it with Kutuzovsky Prospect.
In the centre of Winners' Square rises a 141,8 meter high obelisk, crowned by a figure of Nika, a goddess of Victory. Its height symbolizes 1,418 days and nights of the Great Patriotic War. At the bottom of the obelisk the statue of Saint George is placed. Saint George is depicted stabbing the snake that symbolizes evil.
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Third version of the cache - 35mm film canister
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L ng 160 pz