Soviet War Memorial (Vienna)

This war memorial on the Schwarzenbergplatz in Vienna honours the Soviet soldiers who died liberating the city from Nazi forces in 1945. Unveiled the same year, it features a tall curved colonnade behind a bronze statue of a Red Army soldier standing atop a high pedestal, holding a flag and shield. A large fountain plays in front of the semicircle of columns. The monument has remained standing under a post-war treaty obligation amid the surrounding grand architecture.