Look at the hard-core sculptures in Russia.

in countries that are always at war, there will be no shortage of monuments. War monuments are everywhere in the Soviet Union/Russia. You may have been shocked by the following recently.

This is to commemorate the Battle of Stalingrad. I don't need to say more about the significance of this battle here. The fighting in and around Mamayev post lasted for several months, and tens of thousands of people died here. It is also proper to build a large commemorative statue. The large statues of the Soviet Union/Russia are usually located on the banks of the river or on high ground, so as to match the environment and enlarge its visual effect.

There is also a hard-core one in Kiev, Ukraine, which is located on the highland on the west bank of the Dnieper River and faces the east. In September 1941, the biggest battle in human history took place east of the Dnieper River, and the Soviet army lost more than 6, in the battle. However, because the battle of Kiev contained a large number of Germans, it was later assumed that if Kiev was not fought, the Germans might soon win Moscow. From this perspective, Moscow should thank Kiev.

It is also very shocking when combined with the following group sculptures of soldiers. Visitors can take the elevator from the base of the statue and go straight to the shoulder of "Mother Motherland" to enjoy the scenery of Kiev and Dnieper River. However, Ukraine has a little dislike for this statue. Since the statue was completed, it has been nicknamed "Brezhnev's mother" (the statue was completed in Brezhnev's late period), and some people are still upset that the "Mother of the Motherland" holds a shield engraved with the national emblem of the Soviet Union.

The statues of the motherland in Volgograd and Kiev, with their pedestals together, are 9-1m high, surpassing the Statue of Liberty in the United States. Soviet Russia has a hobby of building super-large statues, such as the Moscow Soviet Palace designed in the 193s, with an overall height of 415 meters and a Lenin statue 75 meters high. Later, due to various reasons-lack of money, lack of technology, lack of enthusiasm-the foundation was laid and then it was not built.

The big ones cost too much money, so build a smaller one, such as the "Sailors and Soldiers" below, which is built in Sevastopol. During the Soviet-German War, the city fought a bloody battle with the Nazis for half a year and finally fell, and was later awarded the title of "Hero City." The statue of sailor and soldier is 41 meters high, and the construction process is tortuous. It was built at the end of the Soviet Union. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, it was not intended to be built again. Later, the citizens were enthusiastic and finally continued to build it in 27. It's also a landmark building now. However, it is a bit inaccurate to call the two statues "sailors and soldiers", one is a sailor wearing knickerbockers and a navy ribbon, and the other is a soldier wearing a helmet.

can't see the statue clearly? Look at this:

Sevastopol is full of war sculptures and long open flames, because in addition to 1942, it also experienced a terrible siege war in 1854-1855. Fighting depends on young people. The following sculpture is used to commemorate young ordinary soldiers, and its name is "Youth League members".

sculptures of ordinary soldiers can be seen in many places. The following picture was taken by me in Kaluga, south of Moscow. It was an airborne soldier. This soldier statue is dressed like a Soviet airborne soldier in the 197s and 198s, perhaps to commemorate the war in Afghanistan.

In the movie "The Defence of Moscow", the students of Podolisk Infantry School were temporarily transferred to fill the gap in Moscow's defense line, and all died after several days of continuous fighting. This clip is based on real war cases. Later, a monument was built in the place where they fought in those years to commemorate these fearless and brave heroes.

There is an unknown existence around Moscow, formerly known as Streer Koffka, which now belongs to zhukov. In this nameless village, zhukov was born. Now a small museum has been built in zhukov to commemorate this famous man, so there is a bust of zhukov.

But it seems that the statue above is not as imposing as the zhukov sculpture near the entrance to Red Square. The following statue was shaped after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. During the Soviet period, due to political reasons, it may also be because most of the old army leaders were a little dissatisfied with him, and zhukov's position was not too high. Before and after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, most of the old army leaders died, and the original idol of the supreme leader was basically finished. A figure was needed to represent Russia in the 2th century, so zhukov's historical position suddenly rose. This statue was sculpted according to the appearance of zhukov's white horse in uniform during the Red Square Victory Parade in June 1945, and zhukov reached the peak of military glory at that moment. This statue of him was originally intended to be put into the Red Square, because the Red Square and the Kremlin have become world cultural heritage and cannot be changed at will, so it was changed to stand outside the north side of the Red Square.

In fact, there are figure sculptures in Red Square, but not in the Soviet period. In 1818, the statues of Minen and Bo Zalsky were built on the east side of Red Square, and later moved to the front of the Basilica of Ascension on the south side. Every military parade, the rolling iron flow passes by these two people. Their greatest achievement was to recapture Moscow from the Poles in 1612. Shortly after Russia defeated Napoleon in 1818, the nationalist symbols of Minen and Bo Zalsky were meaningful.

Look at some sculptures that are not easy to see at ordinary times. The following sculpture is a fireman sculpture in Chernobyl. Firefighters suffered heavy losses in this nuclear accident. Wherever they are, they are all heroes who fight in the front line and deserve respect and commemoration.

The fireman's sculpture is located in the city of Chernobyl. Behind this sculpture is Unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant where an explosion occurred. The sculpture was established in 26, but it seems to be quite different from the sculpture style in the Soviet era. Since they are not socialist countries, there is not much left in the socialist realism style, and a little bit of modernism has been added.

Vienna loves to build sculptures and monuments, and this habit has been brought to the grave. However, the performance of cemetery sculpture is generally not so hard-core, and it will be relatively literary. The following sculpture is the famous Soviet actor tikhonov, located next to his grave in Moscow's New Saint Cemetery. For China people, the most familiar role played by tikhonov should be Colonel Stiglitz in Seventeen Moments in Spring, followed by Prince Andrey in War and Peace. He also played a role in the movie "White Beams with Black Ears", but I haven't seen this movie. The scene of Colonel Stilitz staring at his wife in a cafe that he hadn't seen for ten years was selected as a propaganda film of Russian national image before the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Pay attention to the relief behind the statue of tikhonov, as if to express something, or based on a famous oil painting sculpture, which seems to have not been interpreted.

Even the heroic sacrifice is very poetic: Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya's grave sculpture. Her younger brother Shula and her mother Liu Bofu were buried nearby.

Sometimes, sculpture is a simple thing. As long as you think something can express your emotions, it becomes a sculpture directly. For example, this one:

Kramatorsk is located in Donetsk, Ukraine, where the conflict between eastern Ukraine first began. This artillery seems to be a Soviet artillery during World War II, and the words on the base of the artillery mean "Long live the hero". When traveling by car in some parts of Europe of the former Soviet Union, a gun barrel, sometimes a heavy artillery and sometimes a T-34 tank, often appears on the roadside as a monument. Now these areas are all places that have experienced many wars and are soaked with blood.

However, it is an exaggeration to say that every statue in Russia is very beautiful. There is no shortage of ugly statues all over the world, and Russia is not immune. For example, this statue by the Moscow River is called "Peter I goes to sea", but the citizens of Moscow think it's as ugly as casting a spell on Sai Ren, giving it many nicknames, such as "Terminator", some people call it "Gulliver", and others say it's copied according to the statue commemorating the 5th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World in the West. In short, Moscow people don't like it, and they have repeatedly proposed to tear it down. But the creator Tsereteli has a wide influence in politics, so it will still exist for a long time-by the way, this statue was built in the mid-199s, with a height of 98 meters, which is similar to Volgograd's "Motherland with Sword", but its artistic level is completely at two different levels.

P.S. Peter the Great hated Moscow very much and moved to St. Petersburg in 1713.