Kruty Heroes Memorial

Kruty Heroes Memorial (Ukrainian: Меморіал пам'яті героїв Крут) is a monument honoring 500^[1] cadets who died defending Kyiv at the Battle of Kruty delaying the advancement of Bolshevik Red Army on January 29, 1918. The memorial is a 10 metre red column situated on a hill, and includes a chapel and a cross-shaped lake. It was dedicated by President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko in the village of Kruty, Chernihiv Oblast on August 25, 2006.

^ This article relies on the figure given in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine Archived August 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Others have cited the figure at 300; see Orest Subtelny's Ukraine:A History (2000), pg. 352

[1] This article relies on the figure given in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine Archived August 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Others have cited the figure at 300; see Orest Subtelny's Ukraine:A History (2000), pg. 352

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