Monument to Artem
Description:
The monument to Artem was erected on Bald Mountain, in the Svyatogorsk State Historical and Architectural Reserve in 1927. The monument is named after Fedor Andreevich Sergeev, a revolutionary and Soviet statesman who founded the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Republic and was the chairman of the Donetsk Gubernia Executive Committee. The author of the monument is the sculptor I.P. Kavaleridze.
The monument of Artem is made in a unique unique style, in which the features of cubism are traced. In 2001, this building among the 44 most valuable monuments of monumental art of Ukraine was included in the State Register of National Cultural Heritage.
On the pedestal are carved the words of Artem, the date of his life and dedication. The monument was built directly on site - specially prepared concrete of pink hue was poured into the frame, resembling natural granite. The total area of the monument is 400 square meters, the height is 22 meters, its weight is about 800 tons.
The monument, which suffered during the Great Patriotic War, was restored in 1983, to the 100th anniversary of Artem's birth.