Monument to Chapaev
prosp. Tikhoretsky, 3, St. Petersburg
Description:
The monument to Chapaev, erected in front of the Military Academy of Communications named after Budenny, is a large sculpture with a height of more than 4 meters and a weight of 12 tons. Various events are often held in front of the monument.
The monument, made by sculptor Manizer, was erected in 1943.
The monument is a multi-figure composition with Chapaev, around which seven figures are installed, portraitically reproduced from people who fought in Chapaev’s division. The granite pedestal was built by Brovkin in the 1960s. The monument was opened in 1968 under the direction of the State Museum of Urban Sculpture.
In 2006, the statue was reproduced in the Chinese city of Harbin.