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## The Eternal flame has been burnt at the Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow in memory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War

30 April, 14:30
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- Flame lighting with a torch from the Eternal Flame|Torch from the Eternal Flame in Alexandrovsky Sad (Alexander Garden) [photo source - RIA Novosti]|Alexandrovsky Sad (Alexander Garden)|30 April, 14:30|/i/201004/0J2xQ.jpg|/i/201004/C8pp8.jpg
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The Eternal flame at the Poklonnaya Hill will become the city memory symbol of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. On holiday and notable days the junior post #1 of the children’s patriotic organizations participants, attendees and students will be present near the memorial.

In addition to this memorial, another Eternal flame will be burnt by the Victory day on the Preobrazhenskoe cemetery in Moscow, where more that 10.000 soldiers and officers of the Red Army, who died in Moscow hospitals during the Great Patriotic War and after it, were buried.

The Eternal flame in the Alexander Garden was burnt on May 8, 1967. From December 27, 2009 till February 23, 2010 it was temporarily located on the Poklonnaya Hill. The transferal was caused by the renovation works at the Alexander Garden. The oldest Eternal flame is considered to be the Flame at the Unknown Soldier Memorial in the Triumphal arch in Paris. It has burnt since 1921 and reminds of the killed soldiers of the First World War.

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