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A weathered bronze statue, depicting a male figure in military uniform, stands centrally on a multi-tiered stone pedestal in an outdoor park or square setting under an overcast sky. The figure, facing slightly left from the viewer's perspective, wears a belted tunic adorned with medals on the left chest, knee-high boots, and a cloak draped over his left shoulder and back. He holds a banner or flag with a finial featuring a five-pointed star and hammer-and-sickle emblem in his raised left hand, and what appears to be a cap or helmet in his right hand by his side. The pedestal, constructed from light-grey rectangular stone blocks, features a red five-pointed star emblem centrally positioned on its front face. Below the star, an inscription in Cyrillic script reads: "НА ВЕЧНА СЛАВА, БОЙЦИ - ОСВОБОДИТЕЛИ, ЗАГИНАЛИ ЗА РОДИНАТА СЪВЕТСКИ СЪЮЗ. 9.IX.1944 г." (Translating to: "TO ETERNAL GLORY, FIGHTERS - LIBERATORS, WHO DIED FOR THE MOTHERLAND SOVIET UNION. 9.IX.1944."). The immediate foreground consists of a cracked asphalt or paved surface. In the background, numerous tall evergreen trees (conifers) with dark green foliage are prominent, interspersed with some bare-branched deciduous trees, suggesting late autumn or winter. Park benches are visible in the background, to the right of the monument. The scene is devoid of active human subjects. This monument is identified as the Monument to the Soviet Army, located in the Square of the Soviet Army (or Svoboda Square), in Ruse, Bulgaria.
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