WORLD WAR II WAR MEMORIALS

In the modern part of the city. It is impossible to miss the huge arrow of the Monument to the Deaths of the Second World War and the victims of fascism, erected in 1987. It presents austere exterior frescoes and imposing stained glass windows, where a flame burns permanently under the 120 t and 134 m high metal arrow. Uzbekistan is proud to have the third largest monument to the world's dead, following those of Russia (in Volgograd) and Canada. The monument is flanked by a small museum (200 hospitals entrance) featuring photographs of all the veterans of the region, and the names of the victims. A hall is dedicated to the Uzbek parties to wage war in Afghanistan under the Soviet banner.