Monument to the Merchant-Shiker

Trade Righteously - You will be in Barysh! reads the inscription on the box of this inhabitant of the southern capital. A happy-looking merchant is waiting for you on Big Garden Street. The cat looks at him trustingly, causing no less interest among Rostov residents and guests of the city. The monument is often referred to simply as “the merchant with the cat”.

The monument has graced the city since 2006. Its creator is sculptor Dmitry Lyndin.

The merchant-peasant is one of the symbols of the rapidly developing Rostov-on-Don. Besides, he knows how to fulfill wishes! Residents came up with a whole ritual: it is necessary to rub the merchant’s caftan, put a coin in his bag-box, stroke the cat and finally make a wish by holding the thumb of the left hand of the figure.