List of monuments of Barnaul

Demidov Pillar

The Demidov Pillar is an obelisk in honor of the 100th anniversary of mining in Altai . Located in the Central district of Barnaul on Demidov Square . The first stone was laid on June 18, 1825, and construction was completed in 1839. The Demidov pillar was built of 12 blocks of gray granite . The obelisk is 14 meters high, the base rests on 4 cast - iron supports lying on a high pedestal. On the sides of the pedestal there were installed bronze cast boards with the inscriptions: “To the centenary of the Kolyvano-Voskresensky factories that took place during the reign of Emperor Alexander I in the summer of 1825 ”, “The Kolyvano-Voskresensky factories were founded by state adviser A. N. Demidov in 1725. They came into the ownership of the Imperial Majesty in the reign of Empress Elizabeth in 1747. " A cast-iron oval bas-relief with a portrait of A. N. Demidov was cast for a pedestal at the Guryev factory. After the revolution, they wanted to destroy the monument, but this could not be done: due to the strength of the obelisk, the new city leaders could only remove the bas-relief. Today, the obelisk is a monument of federal significance. ^[one]

Monument to N. M. Yadrintsev

N. M. Yadrintsev lived in Barnaul for only a few days in 1894, and on June 7, being in a state of affect , committed suicide by taking poison . Admirers of his talent erected a monument on a granite pedestal with the inscription "Siberians to writer and publicist" on the grave of Nikolai Mikhailovich ( Nagorny Cemetery ) in 1904. The bronze bust was cast according to the model of the sculptor K. M. Sibiryakov , and the architect Stele Shulev designed the stela and the sarcophagus ^[2] . The monument stood until 1936, after which almost all was sent for re-melting. In 1956, the CPSU Regional Committee decided to restore the sculpture - this time it was cast from aluminum . In the 2000s, non-ferrous metal hunters sawed his head twice at the monument, but both times it was possible to restore it ^[3] .

Monuments to V.I. Lenin

• Monument to Lenin on Sovetov Square - erected in 1967 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution (sculptor I.D. Brodsky, architect V.V. Kazarinov). A bronze figure 5.8 m high was cast at the Mytishchi art casting factory. The pedestal is made of granite by a group of masons under the direction of A. S. Yakovlev. The height of the monument with a pedestal is 10 m.
• The monument at the intersection of Anatoly Street and Lenin Avenue - was erected in 1937 in front of the building of the regional committee of the CPSU for the twentieth anniversary of Soviet power. The figure is cast from concrete and is a variation of the now dismantled sculpture by S. D. Merkurov in the Conference Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace ; The pedestal of the monument was erected by the architect A.V. Baransky. ^[4] Due to the pose of the monument and the drapery present in its composition, the guide to Russia of the British publishing house Lonely Planet called this monument “ Lenin the Toreador ”. ^[five]

Monument to I.I. Polzunov

It was installed in 1980 on Lenin Avenue in front of the main building of Altai State Technical University . The monument was created by sculptor I. D. Brodsky and architects G. A. Syromyatnikov, A. D. Shimin, and was cast at the art casting factory in Mytishchi . The height of the structure is 7 m. On the granite pedestal is the bronze figure of the inventor, and next to 2 cylinders is the main part of the steam-atmospheric engine created by him. On the pedestal there is an inscription: “To facilitate the work for us to come . ”

Monument to V. M. Shukshin

The monument is located at the intersection of Yurin and Shukshin streets. The figure of the writer is cast from brass according to the project of sculptors M. Kulgachev and N. Zvonkov in 1989 . Every year, in the square in front of the monument, " Shukshin readings " are held. ^[6]

Virgin Monument

The monument depicting a virgin man in a cap and a jacket draped over his shoulders is located in the Leninsky district of Barnaul on Anton Petrov Street . The statue was erected in the 1980s to the 30th anniversary of the virgin land raising in Altai . In the 2000s, unknown people took off a plaque with a commemorative inscription from the pedestal of the monument three times.

Bust Monuments

• Monument to Kire Baev - a bust of pioneer partisan Kirill Osipovich Baev was erected in 1970 on Tekstilshchikov Square in front of the Youth Theater. Sculptor P.L. Mironov P.L., architect V.E. Osten-Saken.
• Monument to F.E.Dzerzhinsky - a bust of the head of the Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky in 1988 was erected in front of the building of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Altai Territory on Lenin Avenue, however, in the 2000s , the monument was moved down the avenue to the FSB building. Architect G. S. Kramarenko, sculptor A. Bichugov.
• Monuments to M. A. Lisavenko - one bust in honor of Academician M. A. Lisavenko was installed in front of the main building of the Altai State Agrarian University , and the other in 1967 was opened next to the building of the Altai Research Institute of Gardening.
• Monument to E. M. Mamontov - a bust of the head of the partisan detachment of the Civil War since 1982 is located at the intersection of Leo Tolstoy Street with Lenin Avenue . Architect G. G. Protopopov, sculptor K. G. Chumichev.
• Monument to P. A. Plotnikov - installed on Freedom Square in July 1953 according to the project of sculptor V. M. Terzibashyan and architect N. G. Minaev. A bronze bust stands on a 3-meter granite pedestal, which is decorated with a relief image of an oak branch. On the front side there is a bronze memorial plaque, where the words of the decree of June 27, 1945 on assigning P. A. Plotnikov the title of twice Hero of the Soviet Union and the second Golden Star medal are carved.
• Monument to I. V. Prisyagin - opened in 1983 in front of the building of the Barnaul City Committee of the CPSU (now one of the buildings of AltGAI ). The bust was designed by sculptor K. G. Chumichev and architect G. G. Protopopov. The marble pedestal is about 8 m high, and the monument itself is cast in bronze. There is a commemorative inscription on the pedestal about the first chairman of the Barnaul Provincial Committee of the RCP (B.) .
• Monument to V. E. Smirnov - opened in 1988 in front of the building of the administration of the Barnaul Machine-Tool Plant on Kulagina Street. Designed by architect S.F. Zenkov and sculptor V.F. Rublev. On a granite pedestal 3 m high there is a bust of the Hero of the Soviet Union , who repeated the deed of A. Matrosov .
• Monument to K. D. Frolov - opened in 1987 in front of the building of the Engineering College on Lenin Avenue in honor of K. Frolov, a Russian hydraulic engineer and inventor. The project of architects K. M. Penteshin, A. P. Bogomolets, S. A. Bozhenko and V. A. Kashin.
• Monument to M.K. Tsaplin - installed on November 5, 1977, on the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution on Lenin Avenue near the city administration building. Designed by sculptor P. L. Mironov and architect N. A. Rudze from plaster. There is a commemorative inscription on the pedestal about the chairman of the Revolutionary Military Committee and the Barnaul Council of Workers and Soldiers, who was shot by the White Guards .

Memorial of Glory

Located on Victory Square. In 1971-1975, on the site of the former club of railway workers, an architectural and monumental ensemble was formed in honor of the victory in the Great Patriotic War . A 24-meter stele was installed on a granite pedestal and a concrete redoubt in the form of a ring torn on both sides, as well as the Farewell group 6 meters high. The memorial complex includes: a square, 8 chalices with the Eternal Flame (by type of service), 14 thousand names of the dead soldiers of the Altai Territory and Heroes of the Soviet Union , carved on the walls of the redoubt.

There are reliefs on the stele. On one side of the monument, they are devoted to the theme “Siberians and the Front” and are revealed in the plots: the oath of soldiers on arms; seeing off departing warriors to the front; call the commissioner into battle and victory. The storyline of a different relief: “Siberians and the rear” is also developing in tiers: the Motherland is calling; labor in agriculture; labor in industry; meeting of warriors and victory. Both reliefs have a plot development from the bottom up, begin with the numbers “1941” and are crowned with the numbers “1945”. ^[7]

Square of the Fallen Socialist Fighters

The memorial complex is located on the alley of Lenin Avenue between the Rodina Cinema, the city administration and Dynamo Stadium. It is a composition of steles, mass graves, a monument with eternal flame . The construction of the complex has been carried out since 1920 with some interruptions and ended only by the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution . The final version of the monument belongs to the project by architect V.L. Kazarinov and sculptor V.F. Dobrovolsky.

The place of mass executions of fighters for Soviet power

In 1957, a memorial obelisk was opened at the site of the executions of the Red Army during the Civil War in Nagorny Park . Architects D. B. Bazhenov, P. L. Mironov, artist V. Ya. Dobrovolsky.

Monuments of aviation subjects

In 1945-1999, the Barnul Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots existed in the city. This predetermined the presence on the streets of Barnaul of several monuments in the form of former training aircraft mounted on high pedestals.

• L-39 - installed in 2000 on Vzletnaya street on the site of the wooden building of the old city airfield.
• Yak-52 - is located in front of the regional ROSTO building on Lenin Avenue , 148.
• Yak-28 - located on Komsomolsky Avenue in front of the former military camp of the aviation school (now BYU )
• L-39 - located in the Novosilikatny microdistrict in a park on Novosibirskskaya street. Established in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Novosilikatny microdistrict.

In 2012, on October Square, at the site of the demolished monument to V. Lenin, a sculptural composition was installed depicting a sower and a little girl who walk across the field against the backdrop of the sun's circle.

Monument to A.S. Pushkin

On the day of the 200th anniversary of the poet’s birth in 1999, a bronze monument designed by sculptor M. Kulgachev was unveiled at the intersection of Pushkin Street and Lenin Avenue . On the pedestal there is an inscription “To the singer of love - love is a reward ”. Today in the square in front of the monument, the ceremony of presenting the Pushkin Prizes is regularly held, in addition, the place itself is quite popular among the newlyweds who come here to lay flowers. ^[eight]

Monument to Vysotsky

The monument to Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky , designed by sculptor N. Zvonkov, was installed in 2002 in front of the building of the Pedagogical Academy on ul. Youth. A monument was created at the expense of the Barnaul businessman Yu. Sidorov, a lover of creativity V. Vysotsky. ^[9]

Monument to V.R. Tsoi

The sculpture of the cult rock musician Viktor Tsoi was installed on November 20, 2010 in front of the building of the Pedagogical Academy on Socialist Avenue. The figure of a musician with a guitar in his hands, as it were, grows out of a stone stele, and a peculiar semicircle stretches over his head, symbolizing "the light of a star named the Sun. " Funds for the creation of the monument in the amount of 500 thousand rubles were collected through concerts in support of the project, private contributions and sponsors ^[10] .

Monument to the Victims of Political Repression

On November 4, 2010, a monument to victims of political repression was unveiled on Freedom Square . The model of the sculpture "Farewell" was made back in 1987 by the artist Prokopy Shchetinin. His son, gallery owner Anatoly Shchetinin brought his father's plans to life. The sculpture is made of bronze , has a height of 4.5 meters and a weight of 3.5 tons. Made at the ZIL factory in Moscow . A stone for a pedestal of red granite polished in St. Petersburg . Part of the funds for the creation of the monument was collected through voluntary donations from citizens, as well as major Russian businessmen and officials - Dmitry Zimin , Mikhail Zadornov , Alexander Lebedev , Mikhail Prokhorov ^[11] .

Zero Kilometer

In 2003, a granite pillar about 6.5 m high was installed on Sovetov Square . According to the creators, the distance counts from this place in the Altai Territory , since the Head of the Post Office is located near the zero kilometer. The pillar is crowned with a vase made by specialists of the Kolyvan stone-cutting factory. Around the monument is a mosaic of wind roses with twelve zodiac signs .

Monument Steam Locomotive L-0186

In 2006, to the 61st anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, a steam locomotive-monument of model “L” was installed on the memorial of Glory of the locomotive depot of Barnaul. This is the largest monument in the Altai Territory - it is 24 meters long and weighs about 120 tons. ^[12]

T-34 Monument

The model T-34-85 tank was installed in 1995 in front of the Mir cinema in honor of the 50th anniversary of Victory Day . One of the reasons was the fact that in October 1941 a plant No. 77 of the People’s Commissariat for Tank Industry (now Transmash ) was created in Barnaul, which produced engines for such combat vehicles. In addition, the monument quite organically fit into the composition of Victory Square with its Memorial of Glory (see above ) and the boulevard of the defenders of Stalingrad .

Small architectural forms

• Monument to the unfortunate lover - in 2007, according to the project of E. Dobrovolsky, a sculpture dedicated to unhappy love was erected on the Socialist Avenue in the square opposite the Altai GPA . The iron figure of a sad lover is dressed in an old-fashioned suit and a narrow tie, and on his head is a wide-brimmed hat. The lover rests on a bench with anti-vandal inscriptions. In 2013, the sculpture was moved to Krasnoarmeysky Prospect, while the author replaced the figure of a man ^[13] .
• The sculptural group “Filming a Movie” is located in front of the Mir cinema. A frame from an old film is recorded in metal: Charlie Chaplin , running away from a policeman with a baton, and a woman with a movie camera from the beginning of the 20th century, shooting this scene.
• Apple tree - on Stroiteley Avenue, next to the library named after N.K. Krupskaya , an iron tree and a bench with a cat on a chain were installed. Initially, instead of the animal, the authors of the sculpture placed a copper apple , but it was stolen shortly after the opening of the monument.
• Swan "Andryusha" - in 2005, the artist V. Metelitsa attached a wooden head of a swan , wings and tail made of metal wire, covered with a cloth to a fancifully curved pipe on a bridge over a railway track. The name "Andryusha" was given to the sculpture in honor of the deceased father and brother of the author. The swan gained fame after the vandals burned and destroyed it more than 30 times, and V. Metelitsa restored everything again every time. ^{[14] [15]}
• Open book - installed in 2007 at the expense of the Armenian community of the city in front of the main building of Altai State University at the intersection of Lenin Avenue and Molodezhnaya Street. The monument is a book standing on a pedestal. The Russian and Armenian alphabets are embossed on two open pages, and under the book is a key - a symbol of knowledge. ^[sixteen]

In the post-war period, the foundation was laid in Barnaul for the creation of memorial plaques . The first of them were devoted to the history of the construction of the city and were installed in 1949 on the old buildings of Polzunov Street and Pioneer Square . By 1984, there were already about 60 memorial plaques in Barnaul. Most of them are text, made of cast iron or marble . Fourteen boards are devoted to the history of the struggle for power of the Soviets in Altai , 37 to the heroes and events of the Great Patriotic War .

Monuments to I.V. Stalin

• Monument on October Square - in 1937, an architectural ensemble was formed on the Lenin Avenue from the BMK recreation center and school No. 25. A sculpture by Joseph Stalin was installed in the center, and the square between the buildings was named after the leader. ^[17] In 1956, the monument was dismantled and a sculpture of V. I. Lenin was installed in its place.
• The monument in front of the Rodina cinema was erected in 1941 and demolished in the 1950s.
• Monument in the park of the Melange Plant - On May 15, 1953, the Barnaul City Council renamed the park of the Melange Plant into the Joseph Stalin Park and erected a monument to it on the central avenue. In 1956, the former name was returned, and the sculpture was dismantled. Today, the city's communists are trying to raise money for the restoration and search of this statue - according to them, the monument was buried in the park ^{[18] [19]} .
• The monument on Freedom Square - was erected in the 1930s and depicted V.I. Lenin and I.V. Stalin sitting on a bench, hugging a pioneer in a fatherly way. In 1956, the sculpture was dismantled and moved to the basement of the school, located in the neighborhood. The dilapidated monument was discovered by builders in 2003 and thrown into a landfill. ^{[20] [21]}
• Monument in front of the BMK building - erected in the early 1930s immediately after the construction of the Barnaul melange plant . Torn down in the second 1950s.
• Monument in front of Transmash recreation center - built in a small area in front of the factory club in the late 1940s. After the death of the leader in 1953 and the 20th Congress in 1956, a statue of V.I. Lenin was erected at this place.

Monuments to S. M. Kirov

In the 1930s, two monuments to S. Kirov were erected in the park of the Oktyabrsky district and at the intersection of Lenin Avenue and Leo Tolstoy Street . However, they were later dismantled.

Monuments to V.I. Lenin

• Monument in the courtyard of gymnasium No. 45 (Union Street of the Republics, 36) - a statue of Lenin was demolished in the mid-1990s.
• The monument in the village of Central - a monument erected near the village school, depicted the young Vladimir Ulyanov reading a book. In 2004, the sculpture was stolen. ^[22]
• Monument in front of the Transmash recreation center building - erected in the early 1950s instead of the Stalin sculpture that stood here before. The statue of Lenin depicted the leader in the orator's pose and was close to the monument on October Square by compositional decision and general plan. ^[23] Dismantled in the late 1950s.
• Monument on October Square - in 1937 a monument to I.V. Stalin was located on this place (see above ), but in 1956 it was dismantled and a sculpture of V.I. Lenin was installed instead, and all inscriptions were completely removed from the pedestal . This sculpture became the ideological, but not the architectural and plastic dominant of the surrounding territory. As conceived by the authors, the hand of the statue was supposed to point forward, however, due to the layout of the square, this direction did not coincide with the plan (tracing of the main street of the city - Lenin Avenue ). The hand pointed to the Deli under the Spire . According to some versions of ^{[24] [25]} , this served as an occasion for numerous jokes among the Barnaul people, and it was decided to lower the arm to the level of the chest. The monument was dismantled in June 2012 as part of the reconstruction of the Art Museum of the Altai Territory ^[26] and moved to the territory of the Barnaul Reinforced Concrete Products Plant No. 2 ^[27] .
• Monument in the Upland Park - was located on the central site of the former VDNH . At the moment, the monument has been dismantled, in its place the Orthodox Church of John the Baptist was built ^[28] .

Japanese POW Monument

In 1996, barnaul entrepreneurs erected a monument on the site of the former cemetery of Japanese prisoners of war in the Jubilee Park . The authors of the sketches and layout were artist V. Polukarov and sculptor N. Zvonkov. It consisted of three stelae, captured by a ring, meaning people torn from bondage. The Buddha at the foot of the memorial guarded the peace of the dead, and the mournful bells were supposed to remind the living of the past. But gradually many elements of the monument made of bronze were stolen. ^[29]

After the collapse of the USSR, the problem of the preservation of monuments in Barnaul became quite relevant. Of the entire list of monuments, only the Demidov pillar has the status of a monument of federal significance. ^[30] The most valuable from a historical and artistic point of view, monuments, busts and statues (mainly devoted to military and revolutionary subjects) were transferred to the balance of the municipality. ^[31] In 2006, the Altai Territory Administration issued a decree that defines the rules for installing equipment and designing territories around historical and cultural monuments. For example, it is forbidden to place stationary equipment; fastening equipment to monuments; damage to the paved surface; use of pyrotechnic means near monuments ^[32] . Less significant monuments were given under patronage to the various organizations near which they are located.

Nevertheless, in the city there are frequent cases of vandalism ^{[33] [34] [35] [36]} - the theft of parts of monuments, the destruction or damage of monuments, fences. The statues of the virgin lands, Pushkin, the bust of Yadrintsev, the Memorial of Glory, small sculptural forms - the swan “Andryusha”, “Apple Tree”, “Open Book”, and the sculptural group “Filming a Movie” were repeatedly exposed to this.

Monuments of the city are often used as sightseeing objects. In particular, there are routes for schoolchildren (sightseeing, History of Barnaul , Barnaul during the war), during which children are introduced to such monuments as the Memorial of Glory, the Demidov Pillar , the monuments of the Nagorny Cemetery , statues and busts of Pushkin, Polzunov, Frolov ^[37] .

Such excursions are often conducted by the State Museum of the History of Literature, Art and Culture of Altai and the Altai State Museum of Local Lore , as well as local travel agencies for Barnaul residents and city guests.

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  Monument-bust to V. S. Vysotsky

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  Monument-bust to P. A. Plotnikov

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  Bust monument to I. I. Polzunov at the site of the alleged burial

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  Monument-bust to E. M. Mamontov

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  Monument-bust to M.K. Tsaplin

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  Monument-bust F.E.Dzerzhinsky

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  Monument-bust to P.P. Semenov-Tian-Shansky

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  Monument-bust S.I. Gulyaev

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  Sculpture of a peacock on Molodezhnaya street

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  Yak-28 in front of the sports complex BYU

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  T-34 tank in front of the Mir cinema

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