{"id":1904,"date":"2017-04-23T17:23:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T14:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikolay100.com\/travel\/?p=1904"},"modified":"2024-02-14T09:06:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T14:06:01","slug":"alyosha-monument-plovdiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikolay100.com\/travel\/en\/alyosha-monument-plovdiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Alyosha monument on the Bunardzhika hill in Plovdiv"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1904\" class=\"elementor elementor-1904\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6104f23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6104f23\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f39fa8\" data-id=\"1f39fa8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1078a49 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"1078a49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/nikolay100.com\/travel\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/assets\/css\/widget-theme-elements.min.css\"><p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/nikolay100.com\/travel\/bg\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa05b7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa05b7d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa4b8cd\" data-id=\"fa4b8cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99135a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99135a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div id=\"section-id-1581926677594\" class=\"sppb-section sppb-section-content-center\"><div class=\"sppb-container-inner\"><div class=\"sppb-row sppb-no-gutter sppb-align-center\"><div id=\"column-wrap-id-1581926677633\" class=\"sppb-col-md-12\"><div id=\"column-id-1581926677633\" class=\"sppb-column\"><div class=\"sppb-column-addons\"><div id=\"sppb-addon-wrapper-1581881244933\" class=\"sppb-addon-wrapper\"><div id=\"sppb-addon-1581881244933\" class=\"clearfix \"><div class=\"sppb-addon sppb-addon-text-block sppb-text-center \"><div class=\"sppb-addon-content\"><div id=\"section-id-1581926677594\" class=\"sppb-section sppb-section-content-center\"><div class=\"sppb-container-inner\"><div class=\"sppb-row sppb-no-gutter sppb-align-center\"><div id=\"column-wrap-id-1581926677633\" class=\"sppb-col-md-12\"><div id=\"column-id-1581926677633\" class=\"sppb-column\"><div class=\"sppb-column-addons\"><div id=\"sppb-addon-wrapper-1581881244933\" class=\"sppb-addon-wrapper\"><div id=\"sppb-addon-1581881244933\" class=\"clearfix \"><div class=\"sppb-addon sppb-addon-text-block sppb-text-center \"><div class=\"sppb-addon-content\"><p>Alyosha also known as The monument of the unknown soldier is an 11-metre tall reinforced concrete statue of a Soviet soldier in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The statue has a 6-metre pedestal lined with granite. The memorial commemorates Soviet casualties incurred during the Turkish occupation of Bulgaria.<\/p><p>Bunardzhika is one of the seven hills of Plovdiv. The hill is popular with the name Alyosha, because of the monument at the top. Bunardzhika is the second highest hill in the city &#8211; 108 m above the sea level. Its name comes from the Ottoman word Bunar meaning a well, because of the numerous waterways located there. In Roman times it was also known as &#8220;Hill of Hercules&#8221; as there was a large statue of the mythical hero. At the footsteps of the Bunardzhika hill there is a restaurant, park and summer theater.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9272e68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9272e68\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2941f4f\" data-id=\"2941f4f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2244885 eael-image-hotspot-align-centered elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-image-hotspots\" data-id=\"2244885\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-image-hotspots.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"eael-image-hotspots\">\n            <div class=\"eael-hot-spot-image\">\n                                    <a class=\"eael-hot-spot-wrap elementor-repeater-item-b6e8e40 eael-hot-spot-tooptip\" data-tipso=\"&lt;span class=&quot;eael-single-tooltip eael-tooltip-2244885&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;The whole monument is around 16 meters tall &#8211; 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Aloysha is a Soviet soldier with a uniform, raincoat and in his right hand, he is holding a gun &#8211; PPSh-41. The PPSh-41 is a Soviet submachine gun designed by Georgi Shpagin also known with the nickname &#8220;pa-pa-sha&#8221; from its three-letter prefix &#8211; &#8220;papasha&#8221; (Russian: \u043f\u0430\u043f\u0430\u0448\u0430), meaning &#8220;daddy&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-884c9fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"884c9fa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2938789\" data-id=\"2938789\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd4d80d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bee5637\" data-id=\"bee5637\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1143d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1143d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading 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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96639c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The prototype for Alyosha&#8217;s face was Mr Alexei Ivanovich Skurlatov, a resident of the village Nalobiha in Kosihinsky region of Altai, signalman during World War II.\u00a0 In 1944, while Skurlatov was working to restore telephone line Sofia &#8211; Plovdiv a sculptor drawed several sketches of him later used for making the figure of the soldier.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99bae24 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99bae24\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Alexei Skurlatov was unaware of its granite counterpart in Bulgaria nearly a quarter-century until 1981 when it was announced the real name of the soldier, whose visage inspired the sculptors. Alexei was invited to visit Plovdiv and sees &#8220;Alyosha&#8221; for the first time on its 60th anniversary.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd498ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd498ba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fa7a04\" data-id=\"4fa7a04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6531ee4 eael-image-hotspot-align-centered elementor-widget 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