The laying of the stone on the site of the future monument to "Afghans" in the city of Gorlovka took place on February 17, 2007.
The monument to soldiers-Afghans is located on Dimitrov Boulevard from Lenin Avenue. The monument is a concrete figure of an "Afghan" sitting on a stone. At the feet of the soldier has a spring, symbolizing the ongoing life. Next to the raised stone pedestal, on which is engraved the names of 28 not returned from the war Gorlovka.
Eagle sitting on rock, holds in its talons the black Tulip, which is reminiscent of planes, driving away from Afghanistan in the Soviet Union zinc coffins with bodies of dead and nicknamed the "black tulips".
The foundation stone for the future monument to the “Afghans” in the town of Gorlovka took place on February 17, 2007.
The monument to the Afghan soldiers is located on Dimitrov Boulevard from the side of Lenin Avenue. The monument is a concrete figure of an “Afghan” sitting on a stone. At the feet of a soldier beats a spring, symbolizing life in progress. Next to the pedestal there is a stone, on which the names of 28 city residents who have not returned from the war are carved.
An eagle sitting on a stone squeezes a black tulip in its claws, which reminds of planes that took zinc coffins with bodies of those killed and nicknamed “black tulips” from Afghanistan to the USSR.