Monument that was not: Monument to the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov in Kostroma

May 20, 1913 in Kostroma laid a monument to the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov.

That day, Kostroma received material evidence that she was the cradle of the dynasty. Emperor Nicholas II and his family put the commemorative coins in the bowl. It was lowered into a depression, poured with Portland cement, covered with a commemorative plaque.

Suddenly, as if by the wave of an invisible right hand, a gust of wind swept over the square - a huge banner with the image of the state coat of arms stirred over the heads of Their Majesties, and it seemed as if a huge Imperial eagle, hovering in the air, had overshadowed with victorious wings the unfading glory of the Supreme Leader of the Russian people, and His most august family and all representatives of the glorious Romanov family.

So thought the eyewitness Nikolai Vinogradov, carefully recorded every moment of the celebrations. But it was only four years before the events that swept away not only the dynasty, the royal family, but the empire itself. As Kostromich Vasily Rozanov wrote, “Rus fell in two days.” At the most, three. Isn't that what the wind warned us about?

And for the monument of the dynasty managed to build only a pedestal. On May 1, 1928, a completely different sculpture was placed on it – the figure of Vladimir Lenin. By this time, all members of the royal family had been killed. The memoirs of Leon Trotsky preserved the words of Yakov Sverdlov: “Ilyich believed that it was impossible to leave them a living banner, especially in the present difficult conditions.”

Monument to Lenin, standing on the pedestal of the monument to the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov, included in the red route of author's walks"Kostroma at 15:15."And on a VR tour."Flight over Kostroma"You can see it from a bird's eye view.

According to the materials of the scientific consultant of the project “Kostroma at 15:15” candidate of cultural studies Larisa Sizintseva.