Monument to Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya in Rybinsk

The monument is dedicated to one of the famous Soviet partisans of the Great Patriotic War, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, the first woman with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. She fought as a schoolgirl, set fire to several houses where German soldiers spent the night. During one of the attempts, she was caught by the Nazis and was executed. Sculptor Matvey Manizer has been creating monuments to her since 1942. The concrete figure in Rybinsk is Manizer's fourth work with the image and the only one where the partisan is depicted in motion. The memorial was erected in 1964.