Monument to the legendary "lorry" was opened on Mount Rumbolovskoy January 27, 2012, in the 68th anniversary of the lifting of the blockade of Leningrad Vsevolozhsk, 10 kilometers of roads of life, right in front of the temple of the Saviour image. This is the first in half a century of existence of the memorial monument of this scale. In the previous 20 years, it was not until the discovery of new monuments, the main task was to keep the complex "The Road of Life" from destruction. Such a monument is not in any country in the world.

The place for the monument was chosen - in this section of the road was the most violent attacks.

Monument to the heroic car is a replica of a military truck "GAZ-AA", cast in bronze in Rostov-on-Don in full size. The author of the monument is the honored artist Sergei Isakov. When you create a master bronze machine trying to achieve a high level of confidence, so the truck even toned, as if he had just returned from another trip on the Road of Life. The grounds of the monument is a frame, framed by barbed wire, symbol of the fact that under constant fire on these machines were evacuated 1, 5 million citizens of Leningrad, that it is the "lorry" was brought to Leningrad, hundreds of thousands of tons of food

From the design of the monument to its embodiment in the life of almost two years. The idea of ​​the monument long nurtured by the local authorities. On the road of life, for which during the siege took place thousands of trucks, most of the "lorry" was not even mentioned. Then the sculptor Sergei Isakov, was proposed as a unique and much-controversial idea - cast in bronze legendary truck.

Monument erected Charitable Foundation "Tree of Life" - the revival of the National Foundation of the spiritual and cultural heritage, with the support of the governments of Russia and the Leningrad region, Vsevolozhsk city administration and the charity fund "Care". Monument opened veterans and residents of besieged Leningrad and Leningrad Region Governor Valery Serdyukov.

"Lorry" - the legendary "machine soldiers" because it aptly named, provided the life of the besieged city, delivering a "continent" on the ice road of life fuel and food prices and removal of children and the wounded to the Soviet rear. The modest toiler roads of life in the difficult days of the blockade played a huge role and is considered a symbol of the victory of our people in the Great Patriotic War.

Heroic "lorry" in 2012 celebrated its 80th anniversary. January 29, 1932 the first polutoratonny GAZ-AA, made drawings of the American company «Ford» (which in 1929 signed an agreement on technical cooperation), rolled out of the Gorky Automobile Plant.

Despite the seeming simplicity of appearance, the design of the truck was quite progressive for its time. The basis of the chassis is a powerful spar frame, it was the cab and the body. Until 1934 the cabin of the truck was made of wood and cardboard, a little later, the cabin began to make metal roof of leatherette.

"GAZ-AA" had a four-cylinder engine capacity of 40 liters. from. and four-speed transmission, the car can reach a speed of 70 km / h. The main advantage of the motor car was that he was working on low-cost fuel, but in the warm season, as well as the heated state could run on kerosene.

In 1938, after upgrading the car was equipped with an engine of 50 liters. with reinforced mounting rear springs, new steering and driveshaft. The car has received index 1938 "GAZ-MM", but apparently did not differ from the "GAZ-AA". These machines are widely used during the war and were the main mode of transport in the besieged Leningrad.

This monument - a true decoration of Vsevolozhsk, which serves as the patriotic education of young people in the city and reminds all generations about the ordeal endured by residents of besieged Leningrad, as well as exploit the drivers gave their lives to save the inhabitants of the besieged city.