Russia (bbabo.net), - The results of the activities of the Russian Military Historical Society in the field of "monumental propaganda" for 2021 have been summed up. These are 40 monuments, steles and busts, as well as 234 memorial plaques to the Heroes of the Soviet Union, full holders of the Order of Glory, outstanding figures of culture and art. Among the most significant are the following projects:
Monument dedicated to the victims of the Civil War in Russia. It was opened in April 2021 on the shores of the Karantinnaya Bay of Sevastopol. The dominant feature of the sculptural composition is the female figure - the image of Russia, the image of a mother calling for the reconciliation of her sons. Their figures are located at the foot of the pedestal. These are brothers who were raised by the civil war. The senior is a lieutenant of the White Army, who took the military oath of the Russian Empire, and the junior commander is a Red Army soldier, inspired by the ideas of future changes. Many of their fellow soldiers died in a fratricidal war for the future of Russia, which they understood differently. Sculptor - Chairman of the Union of Artists of Russia Andrey Kovalchuk.
Monument to Emperor Alexander III. Opened on June 5, 2021 on the territory of the Gatchina Palace, the favorite residence of the emperor. The bronze monument to Alexander III, sitting in the throne chair, was created according to the sketches of the sculptor Paolo Trubetskoy in 1899, which all this time were carefully kept in the Russian Museum. The author of the monument is Vladimir Brodarsky, a graduate of the Russian Academy of Arts. The monument was erected by the Russian Military-Historical Society as part of the Kultura national project. Work on the creation of the monument was carried out in 2020, when the 175th anniversary of the birth of Emperor Alexander III was celebrated.
Memorial complex "Prince Alexander Nevsky with retinue". Opened on September 11, 2021 on the shores of Lake Peipsi: near the village of Samolva, Gdovsky district, Pskov region. In the spring of 2021, Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhov Tikhon (Shevkunov) put forward a project to perpetuate the memory of the holy noble Prince Alexander Nevsky and his retinue on the shores of Lake Peipsi. The project received the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, was supported by the Russian Military-Historical Society, the Patriarchal Council for Culture, the Russian Ministry of Defense, and the authorities of the Pskov region. Architect Konstantin Fomin, sculptor Vitaly Shanov.
Prayer before battle memorial complex. The opening ceremony of the Prayer Before Battle Memorial Complex, dedicated to the 800th anniversary of Prince Alexander Nevsky, was held on December 22 in the town of Nikolskoye, Tosnensky District, Leningrad Region. According to many historians, it was in this place that the prince rested with his retinue in 1240 on the eve of the Battle of the Neva. The bronze composition, made by the sculptor Salavat Shcherbakov, consists of the figure of the prince, behind him on a stone pedestal is the sculptural face of Christ the Savior from the icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands. The monument was created at the initiative of the Russian Military Historical Society and is installed in the center of the park, made in the form of an Orthodox cross.
Steles "City of Labor Valor". The decision to choose the best project was made based on the results of a public vote and experts' assessments of the RVIO Creative Council, headed by Andrei Konchalovsky. The winner of the competition was the project of Denis Stretovich, a member of the Moscow Union of Artists. The first stele "City of Labor Valor" was opened in Magnitogorsk; in total, in 2021, monuments-steles were opened in eight more cities: Kolomna, Krasnoyarsk, Omsk, Penza, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Cheboksary, Chelyabinsk.
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