Yakovlev Hero Memorial on Baintsagn Hill

Location
Located on Baintsagn (Bain Tsagn) east of Khalkhin Gol. Also known as M. P. Yakovlev Monument.

Previously at this location was a Japanese memorial to war dead. In 1954, Mongolians errected this monument, dedicated to Michael Pavlovich Yakovlev, commander of the 11th Tank Brigade and a Hero of the Soviet Union (HSU).

This monument includes a large pillar 'double glory beams' symbolizing Soviet and Mongolian friendship an an inscription. Nearby is a pedestal displaying a BT-7 Medium Tank (claimed to be Yakovlev's tank).

Circa 1991, the emblem of the USSR on the pillar is missing or removed.

References
Nomonhan, page 988
"Replacing the Japanese memorial to the IJA war dead in 1954, the Mongolians had also put up a monument in honor of Soviet tank men – 'Yakovlev’s heroes' of the 11th Brigade.
(footnote #24, page 1165)
Ref:  radio Ulan Bator, 21 Aug 1959 (in Russian) citing a report from Choibalsan district, Nyumura interview, citing Pravad, 19 Aug 1959, P.:  Zhukov, Memoirs [1017], p 166.  Chulunbat in Mongolia Today, Sept-Oct 1966, p. 12-13.  Photo of monument to Soviet Army in Ulan Bator itself, see Nomonhan vol 10 , p. 63"
Historical Heriteges [sic] of Khalkhin Gol page 65-66

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