A monument to the Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack aircraft that was mass-produced during the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany on the outskirts of Samara. This aircraft was found in the swamps of the Novgorod Region and subsequently placed on the intersection of Moscow Highway and Kirov Avenue in 1975, symbolizing the Samara aircraft plant and the entire city.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Economy, Business & Finance
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 15.07.2002
- Date published: 15.07.2008
- Author: RIA Novosti
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3562x2362px, 2.3Mb