Crying Mother Monument

Tashkent


North of Mustaqillik maydoni is the Crying Mother Monument. Fronted by an eternal flame, it was constructed in 1999 to honour the 400,000 Uzbek soldiers who died in WWII. The niches along its two corridors house their names.

Transportation

  • metro: Mustaqillik Maydoni

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