Key events
- Since the fall of 1941, the Nazis have repeatedly tried to capture the height, but the defenders held it. Soldiers were constantly changing on the mountain, they had to endure hardships — in particular, there was an acute shortage of water: soldiers collected rainwater or melted snow.
- On January 14, 1944, an offensive began from this height as part of Operation January Thunder, which led to the complete liberation of Leningrad from the blockade.
The history of the memorial
- Previously, there was a simple memorial sign with the inscription "note 105.3" and two concrete slabs with the dates "1941" and "1944".
- In 2005, on the 60th anniversary of the Victory, a modern memorial complex was opened (architects — V. A. Kim, N. E. Mikhailov, V. I. Evlanov). It includes a 13-meter stele in the form of the numbers "105.3", a memorial plaque with the inscription "The defenders of Leningrad 1941-1944 stood here to death", as well as the finds of search teams (helmets, fragments of shells).