Monument to Ivan Tkachenko
metallurgov Square, Donetsk, Donetsk region
Description:
The monument to Ivan Tkachenko is located in the Leninsky district of Donetsk, directly on the Metallurgical Square. From the square departs a street named after the immortalized hero Tkachenko.
Ivan Tkachenko was a Hero of the Soviet Union, was born and raised in the city of Yuzovka. From 1933 to 1940 he worked at the Donetsk Metallurgical Plant, specialty locksmith.
The monument was erected at the request of the workers of the same plant where Ivan worked. The monument was opened on July 17, 1980. The authors of the monument were sculptors - N. A. Baranov and L. P. Kazanskaya, as well as the architect - N. M. Poddubny.
The monument is made in the form of a full-length figure, it depicts the hero himself, dressed in military uniform, with binoculars in his right hand and with a tablet at the left thigh.
The monument is lined with granite, on which the inscription is visible - Hero of the Soviet Union, Tkachenko Ivan Vasilyevich.