Monument to A.I. Polezhaev

Mordovia is proud and honors the memory of the great poet A.I. Polezhayev, who spent his childhood here. In honor of the poet, the central street of the city was named, the Mordovian book publishing house printed and released collections of his poems for sale.

At the crossroads of Proletarskaya and Polezhayev streets, there is a monument to the poet. The author of the project was the sculptor M.I. Kozhin. Revolutionary democrat Alexander Ivanovich, depicted in full height with a coat thrown over his shoulder. The figure of the poet was cast from non-ferrous metal.

Alexander Ivanovich Polezhayev is a freethinker poet, whose first poem, “Inconstancy”, caused a storm of emotions. The satirical poem “Iman-Gozel” was dedicated to a Moscow priest, and the poem “Sashka”, in which the authorities considered disrespectful reviews about religion, attracted him to heavy military service.

Poet A. I. Polezhaev is one of the few who described in his works a gloomy reality, and not what the authorities called to write.