Monument to Afanasy Nikitin
mr. Tver, nab. Athanasia Nikitina
Description:
In Tver, on the banks of the Volga, in 1955, a monument was erected to the famous traveler and Russian discoverer of India Afanasy Nikitin. The monument was created on a large observation platform by architects G.A. Zakharov, S.M. Orlov and A.P. Zavalov.
The four-meter statue of the author “Walking across the Three Seas” rises on a granite pedestal. The oval platform on which the monument is installed is made in the form of a boat, the nose of which is decorated with a ship figure made in the form of a horse's head. Athanasius Nikitin himself is depicted in motion. In his hand is a certificate of protection of Prince Michael Tversky.