page_title: Mikhail Panikakha
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Mikhail Panikakha / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Памятник Паникахе. Краснооктябрьский район Волгограда. Россия
context_page_description: Mikhail Averyanovich Panikakha was a Red Army soldier. He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for destroying a German tank with two Molotov cocktails while on fire during the Battle of Stalingrad.
context_section_description: At the site of Panikakha's death, there is a monument, which was erected on 8 May 1975. The monument was sculptured by R.P. Kharitonov and Yu. Belosov. It is located at the intersection of the Avenue of Metallurgists and Tarachantsev Street. A street in Volgograd is named after him. His name is also inscribed on the memorial plaque at the mass grave on Mamayev Kurgan. There is a plaque in both Mogilev village and Dnipropetrovsk. On 16 November 2013, a monument to Panikakha in Dnipropetrovsk was unveiled.
caption: Panikakha monument in Volgograd
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