Movie Details
Original Language:Russian
Alyosha
DirectorMikhail Degtyar
28 minDocumentary
Plot
The film tells about the famous monument to the Soviet soldierliberator Alyosha in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv The idea to build a monument on Bunardzhik Hill in honor of Soviet soldiersliberators was born among the residents of Plovdiv back in 1948 The initiative came entirely from below from the people without any recommendation from above On May 9 1948 the Citywide Initiative Committee for the construction of a monument to Soviet soldiers was established which included public figures architects artists writers and teachers It was headed by the head of the Plovdiv military garrison General Asen Grekov On the same day the symbolic laying of the base of the monument was made
