Monument to Bagrat Vasilyevich Shinkub

The monument to Bagrat Vasilyevich Shinkuba is located in the city of Sukhum - the capital of Abkhazia. The monument was erected on the grave of an outstanding Abkhazian writer, poet and politician who died in 2004. The grand opening of the monument took place in May 2010, in honor of the 93rd anniversary of the birth of Shinkub. The monument and the grave of the poet are located on the Sukhumi embankment, in a small picturesque park, also named in honor of Shinkub. The sculpture is quite large, reaches a length of 3 meters and is cast in bronze. Bagrat Shinkuba is depicted sitting on a pedestal with a book in his hand.

Bagrat Vasilyevich Shinkuba is known not only in Abkhazia, but also far beyond its borders. The writer’s Peru belongs not only to his personal outstanding works (“Song of the Rock”, “Sliced Stone”, “Mahajirs’ Lullaby”), but also to beautiful translations of Goethe, Pushkin, Rustaveli, Sandor Petefi. The author of the monument is the sculptor Tsira Ahba, whose project won among the competition works of three applicants. The grand opening of the monument took place with a large crowd of people, creative intelligentsia, admirers of the poet and writer.