The memorial is located in the London neighbourhood of Southwark on the southern bank of the Thames. The monument by Russian sculptor Sergei Shcherbakov, showing the figure of a man with a bowed head holding aloft a bell, was unveiled on May 9, 1999.
Vladimir Putin welcomed the veterans of the Northern convoys who delivered weapons and food to the Soviet Union during the war.
See also
State Visit to the UK
June 22 − 26, 2003