Monument to the Humpbacked Horse

In the city of Tobolsk in the Tyumen region there has long been a square named after the Russian storyteller Peter Ershov, who wrote the famous “Humpback Horse”.

The monument was opened in 2008 in the mountainous part of the city near the Tobolsk Kremlin.

The sculpture depicts a young writer in his hands with a book and a pen. At his feet is a small Humpbacked Horse, standing on his hind legs. The inscription on the monument is simple, in the old Russian style: “Peter Pavlovich Ershov”.

The square is also decorated with sculptures of Ivanushka with the Humpbacked Horse, Firebird, Keith with the Tobolsk Kremlin on his back and the Tsar jumping into the cauldron.