Memorial Sailor and Soldier description and photo - Crimea: Sevastopol (Topic)

Sailor and Soldier Memorial description and photo - Crimea: Sevastopol. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The monument to the sailor and the soldier rises forty meters in height. In Sevastopol, it can be seen from afar. Tourists are usually shocked by the size of the monument, but many residents of the city find it unsuccessful.

The monument is located on the Crystal Cape, it adorns the southern front facade of the city. From the northern side of the bay, it is also clearly visible, and when you walk through the central region of Sevastopol, the monument constantly reminds of itself. At one time they even wanted to demolish the monument, they considered it controversial.

Undoubtedly, this sculpture is a decoration of the city. However, its detailed examination allowed some experts to express their dissatisfaction with the too rough features of the heroes of the monument. There is an opinion that the monument from some positions resembles a huge spider. Others believe that the soldiers' weapons are pointing in the wrong direction. Although such judgments are rare. But tourists are always delighted with the monument. One detail that we can agree with is that up close the huge figures are somewhat overwhelming. But it is worth examining the monument from a close distance at least in order to appreciate its colossal dimensions.

The monument was conceived as a part of a large memorial composition on the Crystal Cape, which never came true. The beginning of work dates back to 1981. Project manager - N. Zharikov, authors of the monument - S. Voytsekhovsky and V. Klimik, also took part: architect K. Sidorov, sculptors G. Petroshevich, O. Suprun, E. Belostotsky, engineer A. Umansky. In 1988, the construction of the monument was suspended.

The monument remained unfinished. In 1990, the city authorities even wanted to dismantle the sculptural composition as considered unsuccessful. The complex was gradually pulled apart and plundered. And in 1992 they wanted to sell the building of the unfinished museum for an amount equal to fifty hryvnia. And only the veterans defended the monument and defended it.

Since 2004, work has resumed. In 2005, five million hryvnias were allocated for the completion, but this amount was not enough for such a large-scale project. They restored what had already been created, and in 2007 the monument was opened. Thirty-five years separate the start of this project until its completion.

Today, flower-filled lawns and paths surround the sculpture, along with alleys of newly planted trees. And at the foot of the monument there is a large square lined with tiles.

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