Monument to Yu.A.Zhdanov

The monument to Professor Yuri Zhdanov was opened on November 21, 2011 on Pushkinskaya Street in Rostov-on-Don as a thank you to the outstanding scientist for his active work. For many years Yuri Andreevich was the rector of Rostov State University. Thanks to his hard work, RSU has acquired the status of the leading university in the country and became the basis for the formation of the Southern Federal University.

The author of the monument is Sergey Nikolaevich Olesnya – academician and member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts. The bust of Yuri Zhdanov, an outstanding scientist and honorary citizen of Rostov, was installed in front of the library of the Southern Federal University, on Pushkinskaya Street, 148.