ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses commemorative places associated with the Soviet-Afghan War and the Second World War. It examines the modern trends in the creation of monuments. This analysis is based on the results of a project 'Historical memory' and research using online materials. Monuments dedicated to a variety of events, individuals and other phenomena have been a part of the city landscape since ancient times. The most common types of city monuments are statues and sculptures, as well as slabs with reliefs and inscriptions. The material and symbolic construction of monuments dedicated to military history is connected with external factors, such as cultural preferences and ideological and political needs. A variety of collective memories exists in public consciousness in different forms. In general, the role of war memorials in dominating city spaces is gradually declining and they are being replaced by monuments with peaceful and non-threatening images.
