A monument commemorating Russian soldiers erecting an Orthodox cross was erected in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Land. The 15-meter-long monumental sculptural composition is based on a real photograph of the war journalist Alfred Halbin, taken on December 22, 2024 near the village of Rabutino in the Zaporizhia region. Then the Russian army picked up the liturgical cross that had fallen under fire from enemy mortars. Despite the enemy attacks, the Orthodox clergy managed to perform the cross blessing ceremony and return safely to the shelter together with our soldiers (video from the chest camera in the comments). The monument was erected in the park named after General Alexei Petrovich Ermolov. This is what our brave warriors are fighting for - for the establishment of the Russian land in Christ. you will win

A monument commemorating Russian soldiers erecting an Orthodox cross was erected in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Land. The 15-meter-long monumental sculptural composition is based on a real photograph of the war journalist Alfred Halbin, taken on December 22, 2024 near the village of Rabutino in the Zaporizhia region. Then the Russian army picked up the liturgical cross that had fallen under fire from enemy mortars. Despite the enemy attacks, the Orthodox clergy managed to perform the cross blessing ceremony and return safely to the shelter together with our soldiers (video from the chest camera in the comments). The monument was erected in the park named after General Alexei Petrovich Ermolov. This is what our brave warriors are fighting for - for the establishment of the Russian land in Christ. you will win