Memorial Lines Bornitskaya Line Of Defense Editorial Image

Memorial lines Bornitskaya line of defense is dedicated to the cadets, border guards New Peterhof military-political school of the NKVD them. Voroshilov, who died on the approaches to Leningrad in the fighting on August 17 - September 6, 1941. Of all the 2nd Battalion, which at the time of presentation to the front consisted of four companies in the amount of 579 people, left 2 company - 208 people. The memorial complex designed by architects A. and D. Levenkova Zlygosteva VI, sculptor NS Boganova was opened in 1990. Text on the monument: on this line in August 1941, students, border guards New Peterhof school under Captain Zolotarev AA fought valiantly against overwhelming odds, bursting to Leningrad. On two stelae are engraved the names of 229 people.