Soviet war memorial in Berlin, built to the design of the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky to commemorate the 50,000 Soviet soldiers who fell in the Battle in Berlin in April - May 1945. It was opened four years after the war ended on May 8, 1949. Photo shows, statue of the Russian soldier holding a child and stamping on a crushed Swastika. Supplied By: SCRSS - Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies