The monument dedicated to the victims of communism in Varna and Varna district is situated on "Slivnitsa" Blvd., in the city garden in front of Varna city art gallery. This is the second monument bearing this name after the one in Sofia inaugurated on September the 12th 1999.
There have been ideas for dedicating such a monument in Varna since 1992 but it was made official to the Mayor of the city on May the 30th 1995.
In the next few years, two competitions were held between Varna artists and sculptors and the design was assigned to archt. Kosyo Hristov and sculptor Pavel Dzheferov.
The construction of the monument in the city garden in front of Varna city art gallery started in the spring of 2001.
At the beginning, a symmetrical concrete architectural form was laid, the side wings were covered with gray marble, and the middle - with black marble. In this way the architectural silhouette of the monument looked like a home, the sloping horizontal beams of which hold the cross to the roof and resemble the idea of a temple built as part of the universe. In the center of the form a brass sign was placed symbolizing what was for the ancient Bulgarians the vastness of Space. Under it, in the middle, an inscription was engraved: "To the victims of communism." The sculptural composition was built in a round garden, easily accessible.
The monument was officialy inaugurated on October the 31st 2001. Every year on 9th of September, the Union of the Repressed in Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Democratic Forum organise a funeral service and a friendly meeting of all Varna victims of the communism.
