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Monument at school 56

69th Fighter Monument

School 56 also has a large World War Two gun on display, just down the street

Monument at school 56

Tenistaya 1 (Тенистая)

The students of this school had a fundraising campaign by collecting scrap-metal to erect this monument.

The inscription on this monument reads:

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Army General Ivan Danilovich Chernyahovsky 1906-1945

• More on what the Twice Hero of the Soviet Union means
• Full listing of Odessa schools

"Station" stops

"Station" stops on Fontanskaya Doroga (Фонтанская дорога)

The name "station" comes from the past. Before the trams, there was a small train. Each stop was called a "station", like a train station. The name has remained, even thought the train was replace by a tram.

69th Fighter Monument

69th Fighter Plane Air Regiment Monument
Tram stop 5 Fontanskaya Doroga (Фонтанская дорога)
Corner of Admiralsky Ave (Адмиральский проспект) and Fontanskaya Doroga (Фонтанская дорога)

During World War two when the Nazis began to bomb the airport, new landing strip was built inside the city near the 5th station of Fountainskaya Doroga. Mostly women built the landing strip in only a week. The 69th Fighter Airplane Regiment used this runway for their fighter planes.

Twelve of the pilots were awarded a degree of the Hero of the Soviet Union. The monument is erected on the territory of the former airfield, from which the Regiment's combat operations started.

• There is also a plaque commemorating the 69th Fighter Airplane Regiment at the airport.

Inscribed on a slab next to the memorial are these words: To courageous warriors of the 69th Fighter Airplane Regiment, participating in the heroic defense of Odessa from the fascist invaders in 1941. Regiment's pilots in fierce battles destroyed 94 enemy planes, other military equipment, soldiers and officers.

Pilots, the Heroes of the Soviet Union, who took part in the heroic defense and liberation of Odessa from the fascist invaders. In defense: In liberation: (list of names) Eternal Glory be to Heroes!

Photos

		Typical newspaper kiosk on Fontanskaya Doroga across the street from 69th Fighter Plane Air Regiment Monument	University
	1987 "Rescued Childhood" first monument by the famous Alexander P. Tokarev		(5200.JPG -5218 close up of face of monument plaque)
Fontanskaya Doroga McDonalds, kitty corner from the 69th Fighter Plane Air Regiment Monument Address: Chernyahovskovo 1 B

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