The Monument to Soldier and Sailor is located on Khrustalny (Crystal) Cape Sevastopol, Crimea. It's height is 40 meters, and it was considered one of the biggest monuments of the Soviet Union. 

Approval for the monument was first granted by the Soviet authorities in 1972, but construction did not begin until 1981. By 1988, funding had dried up and the statue stood unfinished for years. In 1990, the city council began moves to have the memorial designated as an “artistic failure” and dismantled, but after a campaign led by veterans, money was raised to complete the monument, which was finally officially inaugurated on May 8, 2007.