Standing just in front of the Narva Triumphal Gates is a statue of Leonid Govorov who was a Soviet military commander during the Second World War.  Having previously fought in the Winter War between the USSR and Finland, in 1942 he was appointed commander of the Leningrad Front and was entrusted with lifting the Siege of Leningrad. The siege was eventually broken in January 1943 and after this Govorov planned the Soviet counter offensive which liberated the rest of the Leningrad Region.  For his services he was promoted to a marshal of the Soviet Union in 1944 and awarded the title Hero of the  Soviet union in 1945.  This monument to him was unveiled in 1999 and he is depicted wearing in military uniform.