Kalinin Monument (Kaliningrad)
The Kalinin monument in the Russian city of Kaliningrad , the former Koenigsberg , stands on the forecourt of the south station , the ploschtschad Kalinina .
The larger than life bronze figure of the former formal head of state of the Soviet Union MI Kalinin , after whom the city is named, stands on a pink granite base on which the coat of arms of the Soviet Union is emblazoned. The figure faces east.
The statue was erected in 1959. The figure was created by the sculptor Boris Jedunow , the architecture of the complex was in the hands of AW Guljajew.
History of origin
After Kalinin's death in 1946, by order of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, Kalinin monuments were erected in Moscow , what was then Leningrad and what was then Kalinin . Such monuments were also erected in other Soviet cities.
On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the establishment of Kaliningrad Oblast , the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic made the formal decision to erect such a monument in the forecourt of the Kaliningrad South Railway Station. A formal letter to the Deputy President of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, NA Bulganin , asked for permission to erect the monument in 1952. This monument was not completed until December 5, 1959.
Web links
- For the history of origin on www.klgd.ru (rus.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ By the Протокол № 63 заседания бюро Калининградского обкома ВКП (б) от 2 апреля 1951 г.
- ↑ Письмо заместителю председателя Совета Министров Союза ССР товарищу Булганину Н.А. dated November 12, 1951
- ↑ According to http://www.klgd.ru/city/history/almanac/a5_4.php
Coordinates: 54 ° 41 ′ 44.1 ″ N , 20 ° 29 ′ 56.8 ″ E