Soldiers missing at war – Herons flying

Bronze - 4m, Ivanteyevka, Russia 2007

How to express memory to our soldiers who never returned from war?
The eternal flame symbolises this memory. The sculptor tried to cast the flame in bronze and souls of the soldiers a shown as herons flying. As they fly for eternity and the unknown, they remain always in our memories. The inauguration of the monument took place on September 8 2007 in Moscow region, Ivanteevka city