Monument to Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky

On July 25, 2005, a monument to Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky was opened in Novosibirsk. The event was timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the death of the bard. The high pedestal is made in the form of a blade, on which the poet walks bare feet. Below him, on a gray marble slab, a red inscription is carved, which reads: "Poets walk with their heels on the blade of a knife - and cut into blood their bare souls!". Near the legs of the statue, a bronze skull of Yorik was previously installed, which was often stolen and handed over for scrap, after which it was returned back.

The height of the monument is 6 meters, it was created by sculptor Alexander Tartynov. Shortly after its opening, a major scandal broke about the similarity of this statue with the one installed in Podgorica (Montenegro). The sculptor was justified by changing the tilt of the head, the guitar and put the statue on the pedestal. Despite all this, the monuments are like twins.

A year after the opening, the Bards Alley appeared near the statue with commemorative granite boards. Now there are ten such boards.