Monument to V.I. Lenin - a monument located in Lviv on Liberty Avenue near the Opera House . It was a chamber semi-figure on a high granite pedestal, which symbolized the podium.
| Monument | |
| Monument to V.I. Lenin | |
|---|---|
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| A country |  Ukraine |
| City | Lviv |
| Sculptor | S. Merkurov |
| Architect | S. Frenchman, V. Sharapenko |
| Established | |
| Building | 1941 - 1952 |
| Status | dismantled |
| Material | bronze , granite |
Content
History
In June 1941, preparations began for the installation of a monument to Lenin. Among the designers there were about 10 sculptors from Kiev , Odessa and Lviv (among Lviv - Yu. Stazhinsky and M. Grandson). It should have been completed by 1942, but the discovery took place 12 years later.
January 20, 1952 a monument was erected in front of the entrance to the Opera and Ballet Theater. The author of the monument was the sculptor S. D. Merkurov , architects V. Sharapenko and S. Franz took part in the project. In 1959, the central street of the city was named Lenin Avenue.
This monument was dismantled with the sanction of local authorities on September 14, 1990 [1] . The bronze figure was later melted, and the metal obtained was used to build a monument to the victims of communist repressions in Lviv. After dismantling the monument to Lenin, it turned out that the pedestal of this monument was built from tombstones of the Jewish cemetery .
In Culture
In 1954, the artist Ivan Priydan painted the painting "Opening of the monument to V. I. Lenin in Lviv." [2]
The monument was reflected in the verses by A. Shmigelsky “Monument to Lenin in Lviv” and A. Baygushev “On the square - Lenin”.
Notes
- ↑ Chopovsky V.Yu. Historical step towards the hat of power: draw the history of national-arbitrary rule for self-independence, power and spirituality in the back lands of Ukraine (1900-2005 pp.) . - Broshniv-Siege. - Tal, 2005 .-- S. 372.
- ↑ Ukrainian Soviet Artists: A Guide. - M.: Art, 1972. - S. 376.
Sources
- Vіdkritty of the monument V.I. Lenin at Lviv
- Istoriya Lvova: in three volumes. Leaf fall 1918 - post. XXI century - Volume 3 - Storinka 192.
- Our Lviv: almanac: 1256-2006 p. - Storinka 102.
- Dismantling of the monument to Lenin near Lviv