Monument to Employees, Students and Listeners of the Financial Institute and Residents of the Rostokinskiy District of Moscow – Participants of the Great Patriotic War
The Great Patriotic War left an indelible mark in the history of our country, and the Alekseevskiy district in Moscow is no exception. In this area, which was part of the Rostokinskiy district in 1941, in 1, Kibalchicha Street, there is a monument dedicated to employees and students of Financial Institute, as well as residents of the Rostokinskiy (Alekseevskiy) district who sacrificed their lives in the struggle for the Fatherland. On the pedestal is a student in civilian clothes: a jacket, a cap, a rifle on his shoulders. There are figures of militia going to the front, a family saying goodbye to their husband and father, and the symbol of these places is «A worker and a collective farmer». There is an inscription at the bottom: «To employees, students and listeners of Financial Institute, residents of the Rostokinskiy (Alekeyevskiy) district. Grateful descendants». The monument to the militia is truly popular: it was created with voluntary donations from teachers, staff, students of Financial University, in the historical building of which there was one of the points of formation of the 13th Moscow Division of the People’s Militia of the Rostokinskiy district. The monument was opened on April 28, 2015. The author of the monument is the sculptor Vladimir Surovtsev.
Address: Moscow, Kibalchicha str., 1
