National War residents of Bulgaria, the fight for freedom and independence of the country is inextricably linked with the history of Russian-Turkish military confrontation 1877 - 1878 years., So the Freedom Monument, located in the center of Ruse, dedicated it to the victims who died during the war for the liberation Bulgarian citizens from the Ottoman yoke. Monument, authored by well-known Italian sculptor of the late 19th - early 20th century Arnoldo Zocci, was inaugurated in 1908 to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the liberation of the country.

The monument looks like a pyramid, the top of which is a statue of a woman holding a sword, and at the bottom - two lions of bronze, one of which holds a shield, and another - breaks the chain teeth. A curious fact: it was initially planned that instead of women marry architectural composition is a sculpture of the autocrat of Russian Empire Alexander II, but the king of Bulgaria, Ferdinand I, gravitated toward Germany changed the construction project. But do not assume that the name of this king was forgotten in Bulgaria - a grand monument to sitting on a horse, the Emperor Alexander II (incidentally, authored by the same sculptor - Arnoldo Zocci) is located in the center of Sofia, Bulgaria's heart.