On the territory of modern Bulgaria has more than four hundred monuments of Russian who died fighting for the freedom of the Bulgarian people. Nearly forty of them are in the Sofia region.

In the center of Sofia is a monument to Russian. This is the first memorial, which was erected in the Bulgarian capital, dedicated to the war between the Ottomans and the Turks (from 1877 to 1878 years). Along the way, where today stands the monument escaped from Sofia Osman Pasha in Pernik in 1877, 22 of December.

The funds for the installation of the monument gathered Russian, the memorial was opened in 1882, on 29 June. Who was the author of the project is not known, but it is assumed that created it or Vocara, the architect who designed similar monuments in the Bulgarian town of Pleven, Dobrich, Veliko Tarnovo, Razgrad and Svishtov, or Sherwood Vladimir I., a famous Russian architect who created the Moscow monument-chapel " Grenadiers - Heroes of Plevna. "

The shape of the monument is an obelisk. Quadrilateral pyramid placed on a pedestal, which consists of three plates, has a truncated top. The eastern side of the obelisk in the marble bas-reliefs that depict the Order of St. George and the sovereign emblem of Russia. Below is the inscription: "In the reign of Emperor Alexander II of Russia." On the west side of the monument is a plate on which there is a truncated biblical phrase.

Since the late 19th century in the Bulgarian capital, there is a lot of urban change. Russian monument was in their midst, but was saved at the same location. Monument repeatedly subjected to reconstruction, now it is almost in its original form.

Local residents area, where the memorial is located, is known as the area of ​​the Russian monument. This is an important crossroads of the city, where the two intersect boulevard - Totleben and Skobelev. Nearby is the Medical Center. Pirogov and Macedonian area.