Artist:
Andrey Faydysh-Krandiyevskiy
Title:
Monument to the Conquerors of Space
Year:
1964
Adress:
Prospekt Mira
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The main part of the monument is a giant obelisk topped by a rocket and resembling in shape the exhaust plume of the rocket. It is 107 meters (350 feet) tall and covered with titanium cladding. The rocket it 11 m (35 feet) long.
Both sides of the monument base, in their front parts, are decorated with haut- and bas-reliefs of 4-7 x 23 m (13-23 x 75 ft) depicting men and women of the space program: scientists, engineers, workers, their occupations indicated by appropriate accoutrements of the professions. Notable figures include a computer programmer (or perhaps some other computing or telecommunications professional) holding a punched tape, a cosmonaut wearing a space suit, and Laika, the first space dog. No contemporary Soviet politicians are depicted in the monument either (that would violate the convention existing in post-Stalin's Soviet Union against commemorating living persons in this fashion), but the crowd on the right side of the monument are moving forward under the banner of Lenin.
The main part of the monument is a giant obelisk topped by a rocket and resembling in shape the exhaust plume of the rocket. It is 107 meters (350 feet) tall and covered with titanium cladding. The rocket it 11 m (35 feet) long.
Both sides of the monument base, in their front parts, are decorated with haut- and bas-reliefs of 4-7 x 23 m (13-23 x 75 ft) depicting men and women of the space program: scientists, engineers, workers, their occupations indicated by appropriate accoutrements of the professions. Notable figures include a computer programmer (or perhaps some other computing or telecommunications professional) holding a punched tape, a cosmonaut wearing a space suit, and Laika, the first space dog. No contemporary Soviet politicians are depicted in the monument either (that would violate the convention existing in post-Stalin's Soviet Union against commemorating living persons in this fashion), but the crowd on the right side of the monument are moving forward under the banner of Lenin.