Zvenigorod's War Memorial comprises a statue of a Red Army soldier, memorial tiles and an eternal flame. It is dedicated to the Zvenigorod citizens and the soldiers of the 5th army of the Western Front who fell for the Motherland between 1941 and 1945. At the end of November 1941 the Nazis took Istra and were approaching on Zvenigorod. It was the 5th Army which stopped the Nazis and kept Zvenigorod from being occupied.