monument to Tvardovsky and Terkin
Description:
Monument: “A. Tvardovsky and his
The literary hero V. Terkin.
When guests of our city-hero Smolensk They come to our city, they do not ask about the Holy Cathedral in the first place. The Assumption Cathedral or the Fortress Wall, namely the monument to Alexander Tvardovsky and his literary hero Vasily Terkin.
Every Smolyan knows that A. Tvardovsky is famous Soviet poet and war correspondent of the Great Patriotic War Wars, born in Pochinkovo district in the village of Selzo (this place is still there) It is known as Zagorje Farm.
Preliminary competition of projects was held A monument in which more than two hundred works took part. Albert Sergeyev has filed The project later won the competition.
The monument to the writer and his famous hero was It was established in 1994 and opened on the poet’s birthday. The author of the monument - one of the outstanding Smolensk sculptors Albert Sergeev. Making a monument His assistant and pupil Peter Fishman took part, about whom for some reason They are often mentioned on excursions. It should be noted that it is Peter Fishman. He decided to deliver clay from St. Petersburg. You'll ask why. from there? It's simple. In Smolensk they did not give permission for loading. And In St. Petersburg, it was loaded so much that when they approached the city, they burst into The kamaze rim.
The monument itself has become a true symbol. the hero city of Smolensk, near it people are going to just "wipe" something, I mean, talk. That is why this place is called “Terk”. It should be noted that the place was not chosen by chance. Exactly on p. Victories, Near the hotel "Smolensk", Alexander Trifonovich read his Poems of Smolensk in the postwar years. There are even rare photos dedicated to to this fact in his life.
Figures of the writer and his hero Turkin made in bronze. This is a unique monument – it is the only one in our country. The author talks with his hero live. Tourists call it Really colorful and open.