Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #15 in Prague, Czechia

Brotherhood is a sculpture by the Czech artist Karel Pokorný (1891-1962), which became the basis for monuments of the Prague Offensive during World War II. There are such monuments in Prague, Česká Třebová, Saint Petersburg and the Crimea. The sculpture depicts the meeting of a Soviet Red Army soldier and a Czech militiaman in May 1945. Art critics evaluate Brotherhood as one of the best works of socialist realism. This sculpture gained popularity and became a symbol of friendship between the peoples of Russia and Czechoslovakia. Its image was used on stamps, coins, banknotes, etc.

Wikipedia: Brotherhood (sculpture) (EN)

The Ponec Theatre in Žižkov in the Prague 3 district is a stage for modern dance and movement theatre. It is operated by the Tanec Praha civic association.

Wikipedia: Divadlo Ponec (CS), Website

The Military History Institute in Prague is a museum, scientific research and library facility of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic. Its mission is to systematically and purposefully collect written and material relics, especially on the history of the Czech and Czechoslovak military and army, to professionally care for these funds and collections, to research them scientifically, to process them and to make them accessible to the public.

Wikipedia: Vojenský historický ústav Praha (CS), Website

The Army Museum Žižkov is part of the Military History Institute in Prague. It is located in Prague's Žižkov district in the historic buildings of the Liberation Memorial.

Wikipedia: Armádní muzeum Žižkov (CS), Website

The Jára Cimrman Theatre is a Prague theatre company operating since the late 1960s. Its repertoire consists of comic plays by Ladislav Smoljak and Zdeněk Svěrák on the theme of the fictional Czech genius Jára Cimrman, who is claimed to be the original author of these plays. Traditionally, only men play in the theatre, without acting education – the only exceptions are the professional reinforcements Miroslav Táborský, Vojtěch Kotek, Josef Čepelka and Ondřej Vetchý, who were cast after a series of deaths of several core actors of the ensemble. It is one of the most successful and popular Czech authorial theatres and Czech post-war theatres in general.

Wikipedia: Divadlo Járy Cimrmana (CS), Website

The statue of Jaroslav Hašek is an outdoor monument and equestrian statue by Karel Nepraš and Karolína Neprašová, installed at Prokopovo náměstí in the Žižkov district of Prague, Czech Republic. The sculpture was installed in 2005, having been completed by Nepraš's daughter Karolína after his death. It is located in an area where Hašek lived during writing of his famous novel The Good Soldier Švejk.

Wikipedia: Statue of Jaroslav Hašek (EN)

The Bethlehem Chapel in Žižkov is a cubist building, serving as a parish church of the Žižkov congregation of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren. It is located in Prokopova Street inside a block of apartment buildings.

Wikipedia: Betlémská kaple na Žižkově (CS)

The statue of Karel Havlíček Borovský is an outdoor sculpture in Žižkov, Prague, Czech Republic.

Wikipedia: Statue of Karel Havlíček Borovský, Prague (EN)

The Church of St. Anne in Prague 3-Žižkov is a Roman Catholic branch church from 1911. It was built in the style of the so-called Beuron Art Nouveau according to the project of architect Eduard Sochor. The church of st. St. Anne's Church is a subsidiary church of the Žižkov parish at the Church of St. Procopius.

Wikipedia: Kostel svaté Anny (Žižkov) (CS)