Grave of Soviet lieutenant Ivan Goncharenko in the area of the Soviet war memorial at Olšany Cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic. Red Army lieutenant Ivan Goncharenko (also spelled as Ivan Gončarenko) was a commander of the first Soviet tank T-34 which entered into Prague on 9 May 1945 at the morning. The tank was hit by the Nazi Germans near the Manes Bridge (Mánesův Bridge) and Goncharenko died at age 24, becoming the first and one of the few Soviet soldiers who died in Prague during the liberation of the capital of Czechoslovakia during World War II. The grave is pictured after the restorati
Grave of Soviet lieutenant Ivan Goncharenko in the area of the Soviet war memorial at Olšany Cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic. Red Army lieutenant Ivan Goncharenko (also spelled as Ivan Gončarenko) was a commander of the first Soviet tank T-34 which entered into Prague on 9 May 1945 at the morning. The tank was hit by the Nazi Germans near the Manes Bridge (Mánesův Bridge) and Goncharenko died at age 24, becoming the first and one of the few Soviet soldiers who died in Prague during the liberation of the capital of Czechoslovakia during World War II. The grave is pictured after the restoration works, which took place from summer 2020 to spring 2021.
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