Monument to the Russian intelligentsia. Berlin Wall

Luzhkov left, and good memory stayed. At least, from a friend of the former mayor - sculptor Zurab Tsereteli. He told reporters yesterday:

The monument to Luzhkov will stand! If it doesn’t, then I will. I am grateful to him for the fact that he gave freedom not only to me, but to all artists and people of art, he created galleries, many museums, theaters, and helps writers. God grant that new mayor had the same chivalrous spirit that Luzhkov had.

It is interesting that the maestro has already made two monuments to Yuri Mikhailovich. One shows the former mayor as a stern janitor. On the other - in the image of an athlete. Yuri Mikhailovich is dressed in shorts, has a racket in his hand, and kicks a ball with his foot. Usually, even inveterate athletes don’t play tennis and football at the same time... But Zurab Konstantinovich is still an artist, he knows better.

Deputies of the Moscow City Duma have already responded to the idea of ​​erecting a monument to Luzhkov.

Such proposals were received repeatedly, but several years ago, said Lev Lavrenov, chairman of the commission on monumental art. - If proposals are received now, we will not support them. After all, a monument is a memory. But Luzhkov is alive.

However, the Third Transport Ring (though in traffic jams) or the unfinished Moscow City complex can be considered a monument to the ex-mayor... But they very incompletely reflect the versatility of Luzhkov’s personality. So what monument is Yuri Mikhailovich worthy of? We decided to conduct a humorous survey among readers.

Joking, because Tsereteli’s idea cannot be taken seriously. Well, in fact, it’s impossible to erect monuments in Moscow to all the friends of the famous sculptor! Even if they did very, very much for the maestro...

RESPONSE OF THE REGIONS St. Petersburg deputies ask not to send them Peter... This is how they reacted to Sergei Mironov’s readiness to install a Moscow monument in the city on the Neva

A statement by Sergei Mironov, in which he proposed moving the monument to Peter I from Moscow to the Gulf of Finland, caused a lot of noise. Let us recall that the Chairman of the Federation Council proposed to accept the creation of Zurab Tsereteli, after... O. The mayor of the capital, Vladimir Resin, spoke about the need to move the monument from the center of the capital. “He looks a bit strange in Moscow,” Mironov said the other day. - When I first saw it, I thought: this monument should definitely be erected at the entrance to St. Petersburg. He would look great there. In response to these words, deputies of the city parliament representing the faction “ United Russia", sent to Mironov angry letter. “The use in St. Petersburg of openly controversial architectural solutions that have not taken root in Moscow,” write the elected representatives, “is an insult to northern capital" Deputies hope that " discriminating taste and a good attitude towards St. Petersburg” will allow the Speaker of the Federation Council to change his opinion. However, there was no response from Mironov at the time of signing the issue... MEANWHILE...and in Petrozavodsk, Yaroslavl and Voronezh they shout: “The Tsar is coming to us!” While cultured St. Petersburg turns up its nose at pompous St. Petersburg, small and not so proud Petrozavodsk itself suggested: bring the monument to us, we will accept it with pleasure! “We believe that this will be historically fair, since our city, founded in 1703 on the site of the first Petrovsky plant and named in honor of the first Russian emperor, is one of cultural centers North-West Russia,” deputies of the Petrozavodsk City Council wrote to the acting mayor of Moscow Vladimir Resin yesterday. They intend to erect the sculpture on the embankment of the capital of Karelia along Lake Onega - in company with the Iron Peter, which has already been standing there for 30 years. “Moscow Peter will not become our competitor,” Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet Oleg Fokin is not embarrassed by this proximity. - After all, it will stand about a kilometer away and in a more respectable place - not far from the city hall! In the meantime, the people's representatives of Petrozavodsk are sawing the embankment between the two Petersburg, a place for Tsereteli's masterpiece has already been selected in Voronezh (). There public organizations They are in full swing collecting signatures for an appeal to the Moscow government: they say that Peter’s transfer would be a great gift for the 425th anniversary of the city, which will be celebrated in a year. “If it weren’t for Peter, Voronezh would not have played such a significant role in the history of Russia,” activists are sure. - After all, it was here that the emperor began to build the first Russian fleet! While we were preparing this selection, Pereslavl-Zalessky presented its rights to the Tsereteli monument ( Yaroslavl region). Deputies of the local City Duma became concerned with finding a place for Moscow Peter. Like, historical manor There is already a “Boat of Peter I” in our city - exactly the monument to the Tsar Father was missing! - We will be very pleased to place in this historical place monument to Tsereteli, since Muscovites don’t need it, the deputy vowed. Chairman of the City Duma Sergei Khabibulin. By the way, Zurab Tsereteli is a frequent guest on Yaroslavl soil. Last time I stopped by to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Yaroslavl, and, of course, the city was not left without a gift. A frightening-looking bronze bear now adorns the local Millennium Park. Anna GAMZIKOVA (“KP” - St. Petersburg), Galina ONUCHINA (“KP” - Yaroslavl), Elena PERTUNEN (“KP” - Petrozavodsk), Tatiana PODYABLONSKAYA (“KP” - Voronezh).

According to famous sculptor Zurab Tsereteli and a monument to ex-mayor Yuri Luzhkov will definitely be erected in Moscow. “If it doesn’t, I’ll deliver it,” the BBC quotes him.

“I am grateful to him for the fact that he gave freedom not only to me, but to all artists and people of art, he created galleries, many museums, theaters, helps writers. God grant that the new mayor has the same chivalrous spirit that he had Luzhkov," said the sculptor.

At the same time, Tsereteli told RIA Novosti that he does not yet see the point in a third monument to Luzhkov - he has already made two. “I have Luzhkov the athlete and Luzhkov the janitor in the museum on Prechistenka. That’s enough, I think, but if necessary, I’m ready to do it,” said the artist.

Meanwhile, the Moscow City Duma Commission on Monumental Art stated that it does not intend to support proposals to erect a monument to ex-Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov during his lifetime, said commission chairman Lev Lavrenov.

Tsereteli denied rumors that he was hiding abroad. IN telephone conversation from Paris, he assured that he would return to Moscow to complete several projects. “Firstly, a park for children, which will be better than Disneyland. Since I am a patriot and love my capital, I really want to see this through to the end in Moscow,” said the sculptor.

He also stated that he does not object to the monument to Peter the Great, which he created in the mid-1990s, which stands in Moscow next to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, and is confident that history will put everything in its place.

When asked about the possible transfer of the monument, Tsereteli replied: “For God’s sake, this is not my monument. It belongs to Russia and Moscow. I am an artist. If they want to move it, for God’s sake, let them move it to a good place. St. Petersburg asks to put Peter there. Even at the dacha, some people can put it up, let them take it.”

Speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov proposed placing the work of Zurab Tsereteli “in the middle of the Gulf of Finland at the entrance to St. Petersburg.”

However, the Governor of St. Petersburg, Valentina Matvienko, considered that one monument was enough for the city to the Russian Emperor. “We have a very worthy monument to Peter, a unique masterpiece - “The Bronze Horseman,” Interfax quotes her.

Let us recall that after Luzhkov’s resignation, the acting mayor of Moscow, Vladimir Resin, proposed moving the monument to Peter I on the Obvodny Canal to another location. Moscow officials opposed this proposal, since the transfer would cost the city budget 1 billion rubles.

Vice-President of the Union of Architects of Russia Alexander Remizov proposed transporting the notorious monument to Ecuador, since the monument was originally created for this state as a monument to Columbus. He also noted that dismantling and transporting the monument is technically feasible.

Meanwhile, Russian Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeev believes that the decision to move the monument should be made by Muscovites and the public. “Here we must rely on the opinion of the public, Muscovites. I will not express my taste for this monument today,” the minister said on Monday.

The monument to Peter I is one of the tallest in the world - its total height reaches 98 meters.

On Monday, Tsereteli called the idea of ​​moving the monument a disgrace for its initiators, and for himself an advertisement. Tsereteli expressed surprise at how “the same people, led by Resin, when Luzhkov was mayor, raised the issue of installing a monument, and the public town planning council, together with the chief architect, accepted this place.” Tsereteli suggested that Vladimir Resin “found a monument the best place, and perhaps he wants to put another sculpture there." “I am ready to make a sculpture of Resin in the place of Peter the Great,” the sculptor added.

Tsereteli also denied information that the monument to Peter is a converted version of the monument to Columbus, adding that he is now installing a 126-meter sculpture of Columbus in America. “So they carry it in their arms, they don’t scold, but praise,” the sculptor shared.

A person visiting St. Petersburg for the first time always has a desire to find a monument to Chizhik-Pyzhik. Sometimes it seems that people want to see this little statue even more than they want to see it itself. Bronze Horseman. Even this spring, various collections of photographs of unusual or simply funny monuments began to circulate on the Internet. Mostly all of them were either foreign or from somewhere in the regions.

"Well, is it really in my hometown“Are there any funny monuments?” I asked myself... and methodically, since the spring of this year, in each of my Moscow walks and rides, I photographed cool monumental art that caught my eye.

Monument to Druzhba cheesecake

Monument to Evgeny Leonov as an Associate Professor

Monument to Baron Munchausen and Khoja Nasreddin

"Man in the Tree"

"Pushkin frivolously resting", "The best part of speed skating"

Usually, a person depicted as a monument is “standing.” Well, sometimes he sits, despite the fact that “he’s a monument, who’s going to put him there?” In the backyard of one embassy, ​​near Novy Arbat Street, you can see the pillar of Russian poetry, A.S. Pushkin in a very unusual position for monuments - Pushkin lies there..., son of a bitch. And how well he lies - with his legs thrown over the back of the couch. Speaking of legs. They are there too, and separately. And not only do they clearly grow from jopy dug into the ground, but to add to the absurdity, they are also wearing skates.

"Shawarma for the cannibal." Monument: Hang gliding.

Monument: Children are victims of adult vices.

"Friendly guys - dismembered"

"Student". Monument to the Gymnasium student.

Monument to the Beskudnikovskaya railway line.

A monument in the shape of a heart with cylindrical bells was erected by the Silver Rain radio station in the Hermitage Garden. According to the author, couples in love should pass through this heart, ringing the bells, and make a wish. But advanced townspeople slightly changed the tradition. Now with the help of this monument you can... blow. No, not what you thought :) Two people stand on opposite sides of the monument and begin to swing one of the bells with the help of blowing. When one of those blowing falls exhausted near this metal heart, the game is considered over, and the one with the largest lungs, and therefore the chest, and therefore the heart, wins!

Tree, Pot Heads and other candelabra.

Hand (“Bird of Happiness”).

Monument to the Russian intelligentsia. Berlin Wall.

Monument to "Kopeyka".

It took me a very long time to get to this “crown” of the funniest monuments in Moscow, due to the paucity of information about it on the Internet. The first time I came across this Lenin was in the memoirs of the famous presenter Dmitry Dibrov:

“About 15 years ago, my architect friends introduced me to the strangest protected monument in Moscow, to which I then took my friends for many, many years. This is Automatic Lenin - a unique sculpture located in the area of ​​the Leningradsky Station, right in front of the locomotive depot. There is no way to it almost no one knows, which, however, did not prevent this monument of naive art from getting into various books on avant-garde architecture.In the 20s, workers at the Moscow depot built a structure from locomotive wheels, steel beams, pulleys, handles and crank mechanisms, thousands of small gears, on top of which stands the aluminum Ilyich. I saw how blacks, rock musicians, young girls, and gray-haired gentlemen shouted with happiness at seeing this strange structure."

These words very accurately describe the delight when, after a long wandering through the gateways of 3 stations, you finally approach the Depot and see such a strange Lenin.

The monument was made in the workshop of Archbishop Merkulov in 1925. Apparently Lenin is not aluminum, because... Some other material is visible behind the chipped silver paint. It’s also difficult to call it “automatic”, rather mechanical. The platform with the pedestal is not mechanically connected to the wheel sets, but the latter seem to have an electric motor installed. Various handles and other mechanisms, according to the authors’ plans, were supposed to rotate the pedestal with Lenin. Now it is unlikely that it will be possible to “turn” the leader of the world proletariat, because the entire mechanism is covered with paint.

And now it’s time to talk about that very protected path to mechanical Lenin.

You can get to the monument not along one path, but in two ways (see map).

Path 1- calmer, less crowded and more interesting, but also much longer. The "barrier" indicated on the map is for cars only. If you walk, then simply walk past the guards with a straight face. In case they ask anything, tell them you're going to the Depot Museum.

Cars drive quite fast on the road, but there is no sidewalk - be careful. When you pass under "Bridge 1" - turn left instead of going under the second Bridge. On the weekend, only a few railway workers and ordinary market traders were walking along the service passage at the depot, dragging bales of junk somewhere - no one paid any attention to us.

Path 2- very short, but so-so in terms of the situation around. Although if you came to the monument along the first path, you can safely return along the second.

After you exit the Komsomolskaya metro station, go straight ahead and look for the passage between the Railway Agency building and the entrance gates to the Yaroslavsky train station. After passing through the market, you will find yourself on a road along which traders and other people are actively roaming. Along it you will reach the aforementioned second bridge under the railway.

We have already seen the Janitor-Luzhkov in one of the previous posts, but this is not the only monument to the Janitor in Moscow. Near the Rostokinsky aqueduct, at the intersection of Bazhov and Malakhitova streets, you can find a monument to the most common representative of this profession. It is not difficult to recognize him as a janitor, despite the fact that the monument is made of scrap metal, which local janitors helped collect for this statue. The eyes made from nuts and nuts look especially cool. The monument was placed at this place temporarily. Oh, I wish we could put up a monument to Bender from Futurama somewhere in this style with the inscription “Glory to robots!”

The sculptor, who is now in France, believes that a monument to former mayor Yuri Luzhkov should be erected in the Russian capital. At the same time, Z. Tsereteli emphasized in an interview with the BBC that if this does not happen, he himself will erect the monument. The sculptor believes that Yu. Luzhkov deserves gratitude for his contribution to the development of culture and art. “I am grateful to him for the fact that he gave freedom not only to me, but to all artists and people of art, he created galleries, many museums, theaters, and helps writers. God grant that the new mayor has the same chivalrous spirit that Luzhkov had,” said Z. Tsereteli. Artists and architects spoke about what the monument to ex-mayor Luzhkov should look like. According to gallery owner Marat Gelman, the monument should be made in a kitsch style. “Inteko, corruption, massive development and, of course, the golden cap are associated with Yuri Mikhailovich,” he said in an interview with the Russian News Service. Sculptor, five-time world champion in sand sculpture Pavel Zadanyuk believes that sculpture should be large sizes, about 5 meters in height. “As an option - improvised blocks in the form of houses, personifying construction, and at the top is Yuri Mikhailovich with his hands raised up,” he told RSN. The classic version - a portrait with a cap - is proposed to be created by the chairman of the association of Moscow sculptors and the chairman of the Moscow Union of Artists, academician of the Russian Academy of Arts Ivan Kazansky. At the same time, the director Central House artist Vasily Bychkov believes that no monument to Yuri Luzhkov is needed. “So he lives well,” he believes. The artist and organizer of the Artmarine gallery Marina Zvyagintseva sees the monument to the former mayor this way: “A janitor, construction helmet or everything related to housing and communal services and construction. An alternative is to install a transformer booth (or any other one: a central heating station, for example) and name it in honor of Luzhkov, since he was the main economic manager of Moscow.” Artist Anatoly Brusilovsky would have built a building in honor of Luzhkov, and architect-artist Karen Saprichan believes that those buildings that were erected during Luzhkov’s time can serve as a monument to the ex-mayor. “Like Stalin’s high-rise buildings,” he said. And only sculptor Georgy Frangulyan adheres to the law and regulations: “When Luzhkov passes away, then we need to talk about monuments. It is necessary to follow the written rules,” he is sure. According to the chairman of the commission on monumental art at the Moscow City Duma, professor Russian Academy architecture and construction sciences Lev Lavrenov, if he can install such a monument to Tsereteli, then only in his own yard, on his own territory. In order for the monument to appear in the capital, you need to submit a corresponding application and wait for the decision of a special commission, he emphasized in an interview with RSN. At the same time, L. Lavrenov noted that according to the law, a monument can only be erected to those who have already died. “This is a memory of a man who is no longer alive, but Luzhkov lives and God bless him,” he said. Currently, two monuments to Yu. Luzhkov have already been erected in Moscow. One of them is in the courtyard of the Moscow Museum contemporary art. It depicts the former mayor as a janitor. The second monument represents Luzhkov as an athlete who plays both football and tennis. The author of both monuments is Z. Tsereteli.