Monument "Worker and Collective Farm Woman"
Passage: VDNKh metro, northern entrance to VVC.
Description:
The sculpture “Worker and Kolkhoz Woman” was created and first opened for display in 1937 at the World Exhibition in Paris.
This standard of monumental art of the Soviet era has become truly legendary. The architect Boris Iofan, who became the creator of the compositional idea, wanted to show the real owners of the Russian land. And he succeeded - the graphic image of the sculpture became the emblem of the Union, and later the Russian film industry "Mosfilm".
The author of the sculpture was Vera Mukhina. The monument is made of chrome Nickel stainless steel. The height of the "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" reaches 25 meters, and the total weight is 185 tons.
The first restoration of the monument was carried out in 1979. In 2003, the Russian government decided to completely renovate the sculpture. In 2009, the restoration was completed, it was spent 1 billion rubles.
