Monument to Adam Mickiewicz - a monument to the poet and leader of the national liberation movement, originally from Belarus, Adam Mickiewicz . It was installed in the Minsk square on Gorodskoy Val near the intersection of Nemiga and Romanovskaya Sloboda streets, named after the poet - Adam Mickiewicz Square. Opened October 6, 2003. The design and construction of the monument was carried out at the expense of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus. The creators of the three-meter bronze sculpture are the state prize laureate A. Zaspitsky , the sculptor is A. Finsky, and the architect is G. Fedorov [1] .
| Monument | |
| Monument to Adam Mickiewicz | |
|---|---|
 Monument to Adam Mickiewicz in Minsk | |
| A country |  Republic of Belarus |
| Minsk, Adam Mickiewicz Square | |
| Established | |
History
The initiative to erect a monument to Adam Mickiewicz in Minsk belongs to the Polish diaspora in the Republic of Belarus. Initially, a bust of the poet, made in the XIX century, was proposed as a monument. But this work was done in the form of a wall sculpture, and it was not possible to install it on the street [1] .
The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus announced a competition for the best project, in which eight groups of authors participated, each of which proposed its own sketch. As a result, the work of sculptors Andrei Zaspitsky and Alexander Finsky was accepted, who proposed not to make a bust, but a figure of Mickiewicz. They wanted to portray Mickiewicz in the image of a romantic, a man who, after long journeys, returns to his homeland.
For Andrei Zaspitsky, the monument to Mitskevich in Minsk is not his first work on the image of the poet: there is a large bust of Mitskevich in Grodno, and the museums of Minsk and Novogrudok also have works by Zaspitsky [2] .
Monument Opening
The grand opening of the monument took place on October 6, 2003. Among the high-ranking guests invited to the opening were the Chairman of the Council of the Republic Gennady Novitsky , Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Longin Pastusyak, as well as ambassadors of both countries. The opening was accompanied by music, laying at the foot of the monument of flowers brought to Miscavige by Minsk residents and guests of the capital.
Marshal of the Senate of Poland Longin Pastusyak said at the ceremony that " Adam Mickiewicz was the greatest European, a monument to him should remind the Belarusian and Polish peoples of their unity and brotherhood, their great past ." Representatives of the Polish delegation emphasized in their speeches that with the erection of the monument to Mickiewicz, " Belarus has come closer to Europe ." And the speaker of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Gennady Novitsky noted that the works of Mickiewicz “ have not yet lost their significance ” [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Monument to Adam Mickiewicz . Monuments, memorials, memorials . Minsk is old and new. Date of treatment May 4, 2013. Archived on May 4, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Monument to Adam Mickiewicz in Minsk . MGVRK . Date of treatment May 4, 2013. Archived on May 4, 2013.