Grave site for Soviet soldiers who fell during the liberation of Vienna

The memorial grave for Soviet soldiers is located at the Central Cemetery in group 44A, directly behind the Church of Saint Karl Borromäus, and was erected in 1956. To the left of the memorial is a much larger grave site for Soviet soldiers who fell during the liberation of Vienna, which was already established in 1945/1946.

The memorial grave includes, as of 1956, gravestones from various locations within the city that had been dismantled and belonged to members of the Red Army who had fallen during the battle for the liberation of Vienna. The art, size, color, and shape of the total of 25 gravestones are very different; only through their joint placement and enclosure does the impression of a grave site emerge. The central part of the site is the memorial grave for Soviet soldiers, which was originally erected in the Volksgarten in the first district, right next to the Burgtheater, and consists of a central commemorative stone with various metal decorations and an inscription text in an arched form spanning over the gravestones. To the right front are two stones that previously formed the memorial grave for Soviet soldiers at Schwarzenbergplatz. The other stones (a group of ten stones as well as three additional individual stones) come from unknown previous locations within the city of Vienna.