Alley of the Classics

Photo by Stefan cel Mare Avenue

Alley of Classics ( rum. Aleea Clasicilor ) - a sculptural complex in the park "Stefan cel Mare" of the city ​​of Chisinau . On both sides of the alley on the pedestals of red polished granite there are bronze busts of writers and socio-political and cultural figures of Moldova . Klassikov Alley crosses the center of the park, where a bronze bust of A.S. Pushkin (1885) by sculptor A.M. Opekushin is installed on a granite column. The alley was built in 1958 and since then has become a favorite resting place for citizens and guests of the capital. At first, the alley consisted of 12 busts, but after the collapse of the USSR, it was supplemented with busts of Moldovan culture workers, whose work was not welcomed in the Soviet period, as well as sculptures of Romanian poets and writers.

There are currently 25 busts in the Classics Alley.

Bust	Installation time	Sculptor	Picture
Vasile Alexandri	1957	L.I. Dubinovsky
Tudor Arghezi	1995	Dmitry Verdyanu
Gheorghe Asaki	1957	L.I. Dubinovsky
George Bakovia	2001	Militsa Petrashku
Lucian Blaga	1992	Alexander Pikunov-Tyrtsau
Octavian Goga	2000	Cornel Madra
Alexandru Donici	1957	I. L. Keptenaru
Nicolae Jorga	1993	Mikhail Ekobich
Dmitry Cantemir	1957	N. Gorenyshev
Mikhail Kogalnichanu
George koshbuk	1996	Konstantin Popovich
George Kalinescu	1997	Sergey Ganenko
Ion Creanga	1957	Lev Averbukh
Alexey Mateevich	1990	Dmitry Rusu-Skvortsov
Nicolae Milescu-Spataru	1957	Lev Averbukh
Konstantin Negruzzi	1957	L. I. Dubinovsky and Alexander Mayko
Alecu Russo	1957	V. Larchenko
Mikhail Sadovean	1990s	team of authors
Konstantin Stamati	1957	Leonid Fitov
Konstantin Stere	1991	G. Dubrovin
Nikita Stanescu	1990s	team of authors
Alexander Hizhdeu	1957	V. Krakowiak
Bogdan Petricheiku Hashdeu	1957	Joseph Keptanaru
Mircea Eliade	1997	Vasily Gol
Mihai Eminescu	1957	L. Dubinovsky
Grigore Vieru	2010	Romy Adam
Adrian Paunescu	2011 [1]	Romy Adam