Monument to the Conquerors of Space

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Monument to the Conquerors of Space
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The Monument to the Conquerors of Space ( Russian Монумент "Покорителям космоса" / Monument Pokoriteljam kosmossa; scientific transliteration Monument Pokoriteljam kosmosa ) was erected in Moscow in 1964 to celebrate the achievements of the Soviet people in the exploration of space .

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The memorial shows a rising rocket taking off with its exhaust and contrails. The monument is 110 m high, it has a 77 ° incline and is coated with titanium plates .

It is located in the northeast of Moscow city center (Prospect Mira, 111; Metro: VDNKh ), near the main entrance to the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh), at the end of Cosmonaut Alley .

In March 1958, a few months after the launch of the first artificial satellite , a competition was held for the best project of the obelisk. The sculptor Andrei Petrowitsch Faidysch-Krandijewski (1920–1967) and the architects Alexander Nikolajewitsch Kolchin and Michail Ossipowitsch Barschtsch were selected from more than 350 project proposals . The grand opening of the monument took place on October 4, 1964, the seventh anniversary of the launch of the first satellite.

A Russian poem by Nikolai Gribachev (1910–1992) at the foot of the monument reads:

"И наши тем награждены усилья,
Что поборов бесправие и тьму,
Мы отковали пламенные крылья

Своей
Стране
И веку своему! "

Approximate translation: "And the reward for our efforts after defeating oppression and darkness was that we forged wings of fire for our land and our age."

A cosmonaut museum, opened in 1981, is located at the foot of the monument.

See also

  • Memorial House for Academician Korolev

Video

Web links

Commons : Monument to the Conquerors of Space  - collection of images, videos and audio files

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ museum.ru
  2. ↑ Андрей Петрович Файдыш-Крандиевский / Andrej Petrovič Fajdyš-Krandievskij
  3. ↑ Александр Николаевич Колчин / Aleksandr Nikolaevič Kolčin
  4. ↑ Михаил Осипович Барщ / Michail Osipovič Baršč
  5. ↑ vanderkrogt.net

Remarks

  1. ↑ The Russian-language Wikipedia has an article on Kosmonauten-Allee under Аллея Космонавтов
  2. ↑ The Russian-language Wikipedia has an article on Nikolai Gribachev under Николай Грибачев

Coordinates: 55 ° 49 ′ 21.3 "  N , 37 ° 38 ′ 22.5"  E