Monument to Stepan Razin


Monument to Stepan Razin (Russian: Памятник Степану Разину) is one of the monuments in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is dedicated to Stepan Razin, the leader of the peasant uprising of 1670-1671 [ru]. The monument is also considered to be an object of cultural heritage.[1]

Monument to Stepan Razin
Памятник Степану Разину
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LocationRostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia
DesignerSergey Konenkov
Materialconcrete
Beginning date1972
Completion date1972
Opening dateJune 5, 1972
Dedicated toStepan Razin

History

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Stepan Razin, the leader of the largest peasant and cossack uprising in the middle of the 17th century in Russia, was born and spent his childhood near the Don River. And exactly from there he marched with his loyal people against the Tsar. The Don has a lot of memorable places connected with the legendary Ataman.[2]

In the town of Starocherkasskaya there is the house where he was born. Kagalnitsky town, which was occupied by his army is being examined by archaeologists. Novocherkassk Museum exhibits sculpture of Stepan Razin, a work of E.V. Vucetic. This monument of the famous Ataman, the image of whom has created a lot of legends around itself, inspired many artists. One of them was People's Artist of the USSR S.T. Konenkov (who did not live up to the establishment of the monument, but only created its wooden model)[3] and architect L.M. Loban (who took up the development of a project of the monument dedicated to the Ataman).

All the sculptures were made of concrete at a local factory. The monument to Stepan Razin and his loyal warriors was constructed on June 5, 1972.[2]

Appearance

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The monument is a composition of seven sculptures: the figure of Stepan Razin and his Persian princess, as well as five of his loyal warrors. All of them stand on the boat.[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ Перечень выявленных объектов культурного наследия г. Ростова-на-Дону (памятников истории, архитектуры, монументального искусства)
  2. ^ a b c Елена Александровна Пугачёва, Алексей Сергеевич Злыгостев. Ergonomic-Data.com , E-Mail webmaster@historic.ru. "История архитектуры Нижнего Дона и Приазовья (Кукушин В.С.)". rostov-region.ru. Retrieved 2017-01-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Памятник Степану Разину, Ростов-на-Дону". Изготовление памятников (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  4. ^ "Памятник Степану Разину в Ростове-на-Дону | Памятники всего мира". foretime.ru. Retrieved 2017-01-08.