The most famous monument to literary heroes. Monuments to literary heroes in Russia and in the world

Why do people decide to put a monument to literary heroes? Probably because many of these characters did for us no less than those who once lived really celebrities. They give happiness to the readers of the whole world every day, they teach us to be faithful and kind, noble and courageous.

The installation of monuments to the heroes of works of poetry and prose is a tradition that has been going on for decades. In many cities on the streets and squares, in squares and parks there are sculptures dedicated to various characters.

Every monument to literary heroes has its own destiny, its history. The most interesting sculptures, established both in Russia and abroad, we will describe in this article.

Monument to the heroine of the fairy tale about the golden fish

Goldfish is one of the most favorable and strong symbols that bring prosperity, luck and well-being to the house. Every kid from books knows that she is the main performer of any desires.

Pisces are present in many folk tales. The literary fairy tale about a gold fish was reworked for the first time by the Brothers Grimm. In our country, AS Pushkin created his work. It is called "The Tale of a Golden Fish". As the analysis of these works shows, fish is not so much a performer of desires, but an embodiment of the opportunity to start a new life, it is a symbol of enlightenment. The image of the unfortunate old man hiding the wise old man is the "spiritual" part of the human consciousness, while the greedy old woman is our insatiable ego, which is immersed in worldly vanity. The ego requires various pleasures.

The monument to the goldfish is established in many cities (Donetsk, Saransk, Berdyansk, Mamonovo, St. Petersburg, Adler, Lviv, Astrakhan, Kemerovo, Moscow).

It is interesting that a group of people who were afraid of a goldfish were singled out by psychologists. Of course, not literally. The point is that a person prefers to stay "at a broken trough", afraid to let something uncharted and new into his life.

You can add to the list of merits of goldfish that she became today the heroine of numerous anecdotes, as well as the main participant of Simoron rituals.

The monument, located in Astrakhan, is a goldfish embodied in bronze, which appears lying on the waves, also made of bronze. Sculpture is an advertising move of the company "Megafon". The emblems of this operator adorn the pedestal of the monument.

At the fish on the head, the crown is polished. According to the belief, which is already rooted in the inhabitants of Astrakhan, it is necessary to make a wish and rub it. Then it will come true. The opening of the monument was timed to the Day of the fisherman. It was held in 2011. The author of the sculpture is Marat Dzhamaletdinov.

Monuments of a lady with a dog

At the end of the 19th century, when human mores were not yet as promiscuous as in the 21st century, however, the breath of the revolution already sensed the culture of the world, Chekhov's famous work was written. Resorts, including the Crimean, where the personality, torn from the vicious circle of everyday life, fell into the enveloping fragrance of freedom, becoming the first places in which husbands, fathers, mothers, wives could taste the taste of life. Of course, the masters of the new era were the heralds of the new era, with their own incarnations of the new times in life.

The story "Lady with a dog" is one of the most striking works that have become a classic of the resort-novel genre. This was due to the skill and talent of Anton Chekhov (1860-1904 gg.). For the first time the work was published in 1899 in the journal Russian thought.

Not surprisingly, to perpetuate the memory of the writer and the main character of this work, the center of the Yalta embankment was elected. In 2004, within the centenary of the anniversary of Anton Pavlovich, a monument was erected "Lady with a Dog". Its authors are Gennady and Fyodor Parshins. The sculpture is represented by a slender female silhouette, dressed in a modest and elegant dress with lace. In the hands of an umbrella girl. She froze in a dreamy reverie, staring at the horizon. And next to it is a faithful dog with an intelligent sharp muzzle. He looks faithfully at his mistress.

The figure of Anton Pavlovich, located in the background, is also very noteworthy. He observes in a relaxed posture behind the creation of his own thought, which for a moment came down from literary pages. The finished outfit of this sculpture is supplemented with a cloak thrown carelessly onto the fence of the fence, as well as a sign with the phrase "... a new face appeared on the embankment: a lady with a dog", which is at the writer's feet.

Also in the city of Khabarovsk, on the Amursky Boulevard, a monument to this heroine of Chekhov's story is erected. This is a bronze bench, on which a woman in a dress with a deep cut and straps is sitting. She has a hat on her head, high heels on her feet. She is stroking the dog with her left hand, sitting next to her on the bench.

This sculpture is decorated by the square near the fountain, located next to the Druzhba cinema on the Amursky boulevard. It was installed on the 150th anniversary of the city.

Monument in Voronezh to White Bimu

We are now moving to Voronezh in order to look at the next monument. There are sculptures that make passers-by stop and feel anxiety, tenderness, excitement. It is to them that the monument to White Bim belongs. It was opened in early 1998.

GN Troepolsky (1906-1995) - Voronezh writer, author of a well-known book called "White Bim Black Ear", published in 1971. Sculpture Bima is at the entrance to the puppet theater. It was set on an autumn day, when the residents celebrated the City Day.

Today, the monument to White Bimu is one of the most popular among the children. Otmet Bim in the metal. He sits in a pose in which faithful, intelligent and kind dogs await the owner who has departed for a while. There is no pedestal for this sculpture: Bim is just on the ground. And the children love to stroke it, as if this dog is alive.

He really seems alive. When you see this sculpture, it seems as if you feel the dog's devoted and anxious look, as if asking: "Where is my master now?" However, it was not possible to wait for him. The owner died, and the dog orphaned. Now Beam in the huge city was left completely alone.

The Troepolsky book about the fate of the White Bim had a huge success. Sometimes the writer said in jest that he released him in Voronezh at will, and since then the dog has run. He was probably running around half the world. This story has been translated and published in dozens of countries. For example, the program of American colleges necessarily includes this work. In our country, according to the story, a film was produced, which was also a great success.

The authors of the monument are Ivan Dikunov and Elsa Pak. The author of the work during the work often came to them, gave advice, consulted. Gabriel Troepolsky, unfortunately, was not destined to see in the metal beloved Beam: he died, and did not live to see the installation of the sculpture.

Monuments to Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a literary character created by A. Conan Doyle (1859-1930). Devoted to his adventures, works are considered by right classics of the detective genre. Hollywood fans and his deductive methods have spread throughout the world. This detective is the most popular movie hero in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.

On Baker Street in London in March 1990, opened a museum apartment Holmes. There are a lot of monuments to this hero.

The first monument to Sherlock Holmes

The first statue appeared in Meiringen (Switzerland) in 1988, on 10 September. In this city, in the building of the old English church, the museum-apartment of Sherlock was opened - a copy of the existing in London. Holmes of bronze sits on a fragment of a rock, having liberated a precautionary place for a tourist with a camera. He reflects about his last fight with Moriarty (her details are stamped on memorial plaques).

Monuments to Holmes in Japan and Great Britain

In 1988, on October 9, a statue was opened in Japan (in Kariuzawa) for the great detective. In this city lived Nobuhara Ken, the Japanese translator of "Holmes". Only a month later than in Switzerland, this monument was opened.

Before Edinburgh, the turn came in 1991. In the homeland of Conan Doyle on June 24, the third monument to Holmes was opened. It is installed on the Picardie Place.

In London, the Holmes monument was opened in 1999, on September 24, near the Baker Street subway station. Sherlock looks thoughtfully into the distance. He is dressed in London weather - in a hat with small fields and a long cloak. In the hand of Holmes is a pipe.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: a monument in Moscow

In 2007, on April 27, in Moscow, on the Smolenskaya embankment, a monument to the work of Andrei Orlov was opened . This is the first sculpture depicting together Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The creation involved Vasily Livanov, a Russian actor, who was awarded the Order of the British Empire by Elizabeth II for the embodiment of the image of the main character of the work. The monument to literary heroes Holmes and Watson is very popular among Muscovites and visitors today. Many people like to be photographed against its background.

Monument in Moscow, the princess-frog

In Moscow in 1997, for the decoration of the Manezhnaya Square near the Kremlin, an imitation of the Neglinnaya River was created. It was here that she had been going on here in ancient times, but she was in the pipe in the 19th century. Zurab Tsereteli, a sculptor, on the banks of the river "settled" the heroes of various Russian fairy tales. Among his creations there is also a monument to the princess-frog.

Other sculptures in honor of the princess frog

Another monument to the character is in Svetlogorsk (Kaliningrad region). Sculpture is a female figure sitting on a stone. Her lips are folded for a kiss.

In Kaliningrad, a sculpture of the princess-frog (children's park "Yunost") is also installed. The frog is very cute and fabulous.

Monument to the literary hero of Pinocchio

In honor of the 130th anniversary of the author of the story "The Golden Key" by Alexei Tolstoy in Samara, a monument to Pinocchio appeared at the gates of the literary museum. Its author is Stepan Korslian. Triumphant Pinocchio from bronze holds a golden key in a high-raised hand. The big book lies at his feet. Present at the opening ceremony, Dmitry Iosifov, an actor who played in the movie "The Adventures of Pinocchio" the main character. It was on the basis of the image from this film that a sculpture was created.

Monument to Josef Švejk

More recently, in 2014, on August 24, a monument to Švejk was erected in the Czech Republic, described almost 100 years ago in Yaroslav Hasek's novel The Adventures of the Brave Soldier Schweik (1921). It is located under the city of Pisek, in the village of Putim. Here were some adventures of this hero. A bronze sculpture by F. Svatek was made. Dressed as a soldier in the military uniform of the First World War.

Earlier, monuments to this brave soldier were installed in Slovakia (photo below), Russia, Poland and Ukraine. In total, there are thirteen monuments.

Monument to Gulliver

It was installed in St. Petersburg in 2007, on November 2. The sculptor is Timur Yusof. The hero of the famous novel by Jonathan Swift is located under the name "Gulliver's Travels" on the University Embankment. The monument depicts a whole series of title characters of the work, decreasing in size. Each subsequent Gulliver is several times smaller than the previous one.

Monuments to Baron Munchausen

On May 11, 2004, the first Russian monument to Baron Munchausen was opened. He is in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, in the Munchausen Museum. The author of the project was a descendant of the baron Vladimir Nagovitsyn. This is a storyteller who creates works under the pseudonym of Vladi Nagov.

A monument to literary heroes can be very original. In Kaliningrad, for example, in Central Park is one of the most cheerful monuments. He is also dedicated to Baron Munchausen. There is a sculpture next to the queen of Queen Louise. It became a gift to Kaliningrad on its 750th anniversary from Bodenwerder, a German city that is the birthplace of the Baron.

It is known that Munchausen's real prototype was visited twice by Koenigsberg on the way to St. Petersburg, and also on the way back. The author of the sculpture is Georg Petau. The monument to Munchausen is a steel wall, in which the silhouette of this hero flying on the core is cut out. On the one hand, the inscription "Kaliningrad" is stamped on the pedestal, and on the other - "Koenigsberg", to emphasize the historical connection between the Russian and German peoples.