MONUMENT "MALAYA ZEMLYA" - THE FIRST PART OF THE "RUBEL MEMORIAL" COMPLEX
The monument was erected in September 1982. The monument is a raised-noe of a landing hip. Its base is hidden under water and its top rises high above the ground. Sailors and soldiers running to battle, depicted in bas-reliif on the outer side of the monument's rib. Inside the architectural structure, symbolizing the landing craft, there is a Gallery of Battle Glory. The memorial in Tsemes Bay is a new word in the creation of memorable architectural and scuptural ensembles armed along the border of the defense of hero cities.
Sculptor V. Tsigal, architects Y. Belopolskyi, R. Kanin, V. Khavin.
Sent by Marit from Minsk, Belarus.
Malaya Zemlya (Russian: Малая Земля, lit. "Small Land") was a Soviet uphill outpost on Cape Myskhako (Russian: Мысхако), situated westward from Tsemes Bay on the Black Sea, that was recaptured after battles with the Germans during the Battle of the Caucasus on the night of 4 February 1943. The episode paved way for a Soviet attack on German forces in Novorossiysk.
Cape Myskhako is associated with a stand made by the 800-strong contingent of the Soviet Naval Infantry against the Germans during the Second World War. The special forces were dropped during winter high storms by the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, after the unsuccessful landing attempt at Malajia Ozereevka. The landing at Malaya Zemlya had aimed to be a decoy, but after a second landing at Bolshaia Ozereevka was lost in an ambush, the offensive plan was reworked and the landing site at Malaya Zemlya was made the main landing location. Upon landing to secure the beachhead, they came under a German counter-offensive with air support (read more).
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