Kazan

Horse Country Sculpture

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“This is a declaration of love for his people, his country,” explains the meaning of his unusual creation, author Rafael Saifulin. The statue of “Kony-Country” was installed on Bauman Street near the entrance to the metro station “Kremlin”. In the design of the statue there are many details, symbols, drawings associated with the Tatar culture. There is a harmonist, and stars in the form of wheels from the clock mechanism, animals, plants, elements of national ornament. The sculpture is made in the form of a four-meter horse made of brass with glossy and matte gilding. On the back of the horse on a round pedestal - the farmstead of the Tatar village with the minaret of the mosque, on its chest - images of pigeons and the inscription "Bakhet Sin" ("Happiness to you") "Stitches from "Ola Yulnyn Tuzany" - a Tatar folk song, which is translated into Russian as "Dust of the big road" - are also depicted on the pedestal of the village on the back of a horse. Also on the back of the horse was an apple - the author's sign of the sculpture of Saifulin on all his works, for the author of the apple, as a symbol of joy.

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