In Saint Petersburg opened a monument to heroes firefighters. It — the second for height in all city

A monument in honor of rescuers and firemen established in park of Heroes firefighters in Saint Petersburg. Opening took place on December 15, reports Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergency Situations and the Relief of Natural Disasters. Monument height — 13,2 meters. It is second-large in the city after a monument to Lenin on Moskovskaya Square. On a monument words are beaten out: "For the sake of life on the earth". Over them sculptural group: the firefighter who rescues the little girl from fire. The author of composition — Baymukhanov Meyram. Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergency Situations and the Relief of Natural Disasters the Monument is made of bronze in the Workshop art mouldings in Smolensk. In the basis — the Krasnogorsk granite. As told in the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the first stone in...