Sculpture by Keith from Humpbacked Horse

Monument to the whale from the fairy tale “Humpbacked Horse” is located in the city of Tobolsk, in Russia. The author of the work of art was the sculptor M.V. Pereyaslavets.

The monument is a sculpture of fish made of iron and wood. The fish is depicted with a slightly open mouth, near which there are several miniature ships. On the back of the whale is a pedestrian staircase with lanterns on the sides. The whole sculpture is located in a fence of red granite, and it may seem as if the fish is in a fountain.

The monument was solemnly opened in 2008, during the improvement of the park of the author of the work, P.P. Ershov. Next to the monument to the whale, there is a monument to the author himself and all the other heroes of his works.