Sculpture "Gavryush" - the dog of happiness

On Pravda street 13 in St. Petersburg settled the dog of happiness. It is such a monument in the style of modernism called "Gavryusha" can be found in the center of the northern capital. His story is quite interesting. Its prototype was a stray dog, which the sculptor picked up on the street and took home, calling Gavrosh. After it was discovered that it was a female dog, she was renamed Gavryusha. The authors of the project Viktor Sivakov and Larisa Domracheva. It is made of metal, the height of the animal figure is 60 centimeters. She sits on a pedestal, and next to her a mailbox, where visitors throw letters addressed to Gavryush. According to legend, it brings happiness to senders. There is also a plate engraved with “Good Dog”. Opened in 1999 and again in 2007.

To see this monument, you need to go to the metro station "Vladimirskaya", then along the Bolshoy Moskovskaya walk to Pravda Street.