The square outside the Voronezh-1 Railway Station is called Ploschad Chernyakhovskogo (Chernyakhov Square). It is named after the Army General Ivan Chernyakhovsky, a statue of whom stands in the centre of the square. Chernyakhovsky commanded a tank division during the defence of Voronezh and later became youngest army general during the war and a double Hero of the Soviet Union. He was killed in action in 1945. This statue to him was unveiled in 1993.