On December 3, 1966, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the defeat of the German Nazi troops near Moscow, the ashes of an unknown soldier were transferred from a mass grave on the 41st kilometer of the Leningrad Highway and solemnly buried in the Alexander Garden near the Kremlin walls.
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On the tombstone there is a bronze composition — a soldier's helmet and a laurel branch, lying on the battle banner.
