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Address: Gogolevsky Boulevard

How to get to the monument to M.A. Sholokhov: Art. metro station Kropotkinskaya

The monument to the writer Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov on Gogolevsky Boulevard was unveiled on May 24, 2007. This is the second monument to Sholokhov in the capital, the first erected without the approval of the Moscow commission on monumental art, is located at the intersection of Volgogradsky Prospekt and Volzhsky Boulevard.

The idea of ​​creating a monument appeared twenty years ago. Then the competition was won by Iulian Rukavishnikov, who assumed that the monument would be located on Zubovskaya Square. For unknown reasons, the project was never implemented at that time, but in the 2000s they remembered it. This time, the son of Iulian Rukavishnikov, Alexander, took part in the competition, modified his father’s project, and won another competition. Relatives of Mikhail Sholokhov also took part in the creation of the monument, who provided the sculptor with photographs and the necessary information.

As already mentioned, the first monument was “illegal,” so the commission on monumental art had difficulty accepting its existence. The idea of ​​erecting a second monument to Sholokhov against the backdrop of this situation did not evoke understanding or approval. Various reasons were given, including the fact that the composition could block Gogolevsky Boulevard, and the fact that it is illogical to erect a monument to Sholokhov near the house in which Turgenev lived. In fact, the place for the monument was not chosen by chance - the figure of Sholokhov faces Sivtsev Vrazhek, where Sholokhov lived in Moscow.

The sculptural composition represents a bronze figure of Sholokhov sitting in a Don boat. The pedestal does not depict a shoal at all, but a river surface - that’s why it was covered with bronze. The writer is dressed in a padded jacket, his gaze is directed into the distance. Behind the boat on both sides are horses swimming in the opposite direction. The two groups of horses seem to diverge like a wedge, which symbolizes the split of the country into “red” and “white” during the Civil War. The slab with horses represents a fountain. The entire composition as a whole is tilted towards the pedestrian zone.

Since the fountain was planned to be designed in such a way that water would flow into it all the time, only heads were created for the image of swimming horses. In fact, the water in the fountain is often turned off, and the monument looks more than strange at this time. The heads of horses embedded in the slabs encourage people to come up with new names for the monument. Such as "pet sematary" or "meat processing plant". In winter, jokers sometimes make hares out of snow and put them in a boat with Sholokhov, turning him into Grandfather Mazai.

A country: Russia

City: Moscow

Nearest metro: Kropotkinskaya

Was passed: 2007

Sculptor: Rukavishnikov A. I.

Architect: Voskresensky I.N.

Description

Monument to the famous and popular writer, the creator of the work Quiet Don, Nobel laureate Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, presents a large bronze sculptural composition on Gogolevsky Boulevard.

A bronze boat is installed on a stone pedestal covered with bronze. Mikhail Sholokhov is sitting in a boat wearing a quilted jacket. There is a memorial inscription on the pedestal: “To Mikhail Sholokhov.” The pedestal is part of the composition and represents the river along which Mikhail Alexandrovich is sailing in a boat.

Horses are swimming in the river behind Sholokhov. They, having split into two groups, blur into different sides, symbolize division Russian people on red and white during civil war at the beginning of the twentieth century.

The sculptural composition includes a fountain imitating the flow of a river and horses overcoming the current. The composition is continued by the paved part of Gogolevsky Boulevard, crossing it, it represents the Don River, along which Mikhail Sholokhov is sailing. The sculptural composition of the monument ends with a bronze bench.

History of creation

The history of the creation of the monument to Mikhail Sholokhov begins in the 80s, when a competition was announced for the design of a monument to the great writer Mikhail Sholokhov. The project of sculptor Iulian Rukavishnikov won the competition and, as planned, they wanted to install it on Zubovskaya Square, but the project was suspended. And only twenty years later, Julian’s son, Alexander Rukavishnikov, returned to his father’s project, finalized it, and in 2007 a monument to Mikhail Sholokhov was erected on Gogolevsky Boulevard.

How to get there

Get to the Kropotkinskaya metro station and get off at the beginning of Gogolevsky Boulevard. Along the boulevard, go towards the center to house 10, where the Museum branch is located contemporary art. This is where it is located impressive monument Mikhail Sholokhov.

A man in a padded jacket floating in a boat with the current and horses broken into two schools appeared on Gogolevsky Boulevard in 2007 - this is a monument to Sholokhov, which was officially created by Alexander Rukavishnikov, but he only realized the idea of ​​the 1980s, which belonged to his own father.

Iulian Rukavishnikov was also a sculptor, and quite famous and liked by the second Moscow mayor. The sculptor died in 2000, and Luzhkov entrusted the controversial project to his son. The ambiguity of the idea was that one monument in Moscow had already immortalized the memory of the writer. In addition, right behind Sholokhov is visible former house Maslova, where Turgenev often visited.

Monument to Sholokhov and its neighborhood

But since nothing prevented the creation of Luzhkov’s second favorite, Zurab Tsereteli, from being placed there, then the boulevard was forced to accept the monument to Sholokhov. Moreover, the composition had a very original layout and clear historical overtones. The monument to Sholokhov is reminiscent of the originality of its construction, which we have already described.

According to the project, the monument to Sholokhov was supposed to be complemented by a fountain, the horses seemed to actually overcome the water flow. Interruptions in the water supply significantly worsened perceptions, leading to the emergence of offensive nicknames. For the younger Rukavishnikov, this was not a surprise; he steadfastly survived the nickname of this sculptural work.

With its composition, the monument to Sholokhov shows both the writer’s connection with the Don and the split of the country into whites and reds in the form of a divided herd. The horse heads are made very realistically, down to the smallest detail of the appearance and details of the harness. They are not at a watering hole or grazing, they are in a frantic search for the true path.

The monument to the Nobel Prize winner in literature turned out to be successful, as if it united and accumulated the talents of father and son Rukavishnikov. I remember the works of the elder - a powerful bust of Kurchatov in Moscow and a statue of the Tree of Life in front of the Soviet representative office at the UN in New York (not to be confused with the work of the great Ernst Neizvestny). My son also has a lot decent jobs, from the monument to Mikeshin, who created, to the tombstones of Vysotsky and thief in law Ivankov (Yaponchik).

Gogolevsky Boulevard, formerly Prechistensky, runs in a wide strip from Prechistensky to the Arbat Gates of the capital. There are many attractions nearby that were previously described in our articles or are planned to be described. This is both and worldwide famous museum fine arts named after Pushkin.

Admirers of M.A. Sholokhov’s talent erect monuments associated with the name of the writer in different parts of our country and abroad. This is a tribute amazing person, who considered it an honor to “serve the working people with his pen.”

M.A. Sholokhov. 1955
Sculptor:
Material: tree.
Is in Literary Museum(Pushkin House), St. Petersburg.

M.A. Sholokhov. Portrait-head. 1956
Sculptor: Alexander Nikolaevich Chernitsky (1918 - 2010), member of the Union of Artists of the USSR, academician of the International Academy of Sciences of Nature and Society.
Material: metal (bronze).
Located in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

Portrait of M.A. Sholokhova (half-figure with hands)
Sculptor: Alexander Nikolaevich Chernitsky (1918 - 2010), member of the Union of Artists of the USSR, academician of the International Academy of Sciences of Nature and Society.
Material: metal (bronze).
Size: 1 ¼ n.v.
Located in St. Petersburg.

Bust of M.A. Sholokhov. 1958
Sculptor:
Material: marble.
Size: 50x40x40 cm.
Located in the collection of the Ryazan State Regional Art Museum. Entered in 1965.

Bust of M.A. Sholokhov. 1958
Sculptor: Evgeniy Viktorovich Vuchetich (1908 - 1974).
Material: gypsum.
Size: 50x24.5x18.5 cm
Located in the collection of the M.A. Museum-Reserve. Sholokhov. Came from M.A.'s house. Sholokhov in 1985 from the wife of the writer Sholokhova Maria Petrovna.
E.V. Vuchetich worked on the bust in Rostov, where the writer came to meet with his voters. The sculptor recalled: “We met Mikhail Alexandrovich at the Moskovskaya Hotel.” “Since I’ve decided to perpetuate myself,” Sholokhov said jokingly, “let’s get started.” And let’s see what comes of it”... It was difficult to work. People kept coming to Sholokhov, and Mikhail Alexandrovich talked with them for a long time. I went to meetings with voters. Usually it was only late in the evening that I could start working on a portrait. We talked with Mikhail Alexandrovich on literary and other topics. Sometimes our conversations lasted long after midnight. Work on the portrait continued for several days, or rather, evenings and nights. I am happy that my dream has come true."

Bust of M.A. Sholokhov. 1967
Sculptor:
Material: marble.
Size: 70x60x75 cm

M.A. Sholokhov. Easel sculpture. 1978
Sculptor:
Material: glass cement.
Size: 100x52x53 cm
Located in the collection of the Mozhaev Art Museum, Rostov Region.

M.A. Sholokhov. 1978
Sculptor: Nikolai Vasilievich Mozhaev (born 1928), Honored Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Sholokhov Prize.
Material: gypsum.
Size: 2 present
Located in the House of Culture Art. Veshenskaya Rostov region.

M.A. Sholokhov. 1980
Sculptor: Nikolai Vasilievich Mozhaev (born 1928), Honored Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Sholokhov Prize.
Material: bronze, wood.
Size: 42x62x32 cm.
Located in the house-museum of M.A. Sholokhov in st. Veshenskaya, Rostov region.

Project of the monument to M.A. Sholokhov
(working model, architect V. Desyatnichuk). 1981
Sculptor: Nikolai Vasilievich Mozhaev (born 1928), Honored Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Sholokhov Prize.
With E. Mozhaeva.
Material: plaster tone.
Size: 132x42x18 cm
Located in Mozhaevsky art museum Rostov region

Bust of M.A. Sholokhov
Sculptor: Anatoly Semyonovich Novikov (born 1926), Honored Artist of the RSFSR; Vladimir Aleksandrovich Klimov, architect (Moscow).
Material: metal (bronze).
Size: 2 present (natural size).
Installed on May 23, 1981 on the embankment of the Don River in the village of Vyoshenskaya, Rostov region.
On the pedestal there is an inscription:
Hero Socialist Labor writer Sholokhov Mikhail Alexandrovich
behind distinguished service in development Soviet literature By Decree of the Presidium Supreme Council On May 23, 1980, the USSR was awarded the Order of Lenin and the second Gold Medal “Hammer and Sickle”.
The authors of the project, having made sketches of the bust, came to Vyoshenskaya in November 1980 at the invitation of the writer. In the sketches M.A. Sholokhov was depicted in a shirt-shirt. The writer carefully looked at the proposed option and asked: “Put me in a gymnast.” The creators of the bust fulfilled the writer's wishes.

M.A. Sholokhov (figure). 1983
Sculptor: Nikolai Vasilievich Mozhaev (born 1928), Honored Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Sholokhov Prize.
Material: metal (bronze).
Size: 65x24x30 cm
Located in the Mozhaev Art Museum, Rostov Region.

M.A. Sholokhov. Sculptural composition. 1984
Sculptor: Anatoly Andreevich Sknarin (born 1940), Honored Artist of Russia (Rostov-on-Don).
Material: metal.
Size: 40x42x68 cm.
The work was awarded a diploma from the Council of Ministers of Russia and the Board of the Union of Artists. Located in the congregation State Museum-Reserve M.A. Sholokhov. Entered in 1988.

Death mask of M.A. Sholokhov. 1984
Sculptor: Nikolai Vasilievich Mozhaev (born 1928), Honored Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Sholokhov Prize.
Material: gypsum.
Size: 38x26x20; 24.5x42x29 cm.
Located in the collection of the State Museum-Reserve M.A. Sholokhov in the village of Vyoshenskaya. Entered in 2001.

M.A. Sholokhov (bas-relief)
Sculptor: Oleg Konstantinovich Komov (1932 - 1994), People's Artist of Russia, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Arts.
Material: gypsum.
Size: 41x31x5 cm.
Located in the collection of the State Museum-Reserve M.A. Sholokhov in the village of Vyoshenskaya. Entered in 1985.

Bust of M.A. Sholokhov
Sculptor: Nina Nikolaevna Mukhataeva (born 1926).
Material: gypsum.
Size: 73x67x27 cm.
Located in the collection of the State Museum-Reserve M.A. Sholokhov. Entered in 1988.

Bust of M.A. Sholokhov
Sculptor: Anatoly Semyonovich Novikov (born 1926), Honored Artist of Russia.
Material: tree.
Size: 100x45x60 cm.
Located in the collection of the M.A. Museum-Reserve. Sholokhov. Entered in 1988.

M.A. Sholokhov (bust)
Sculptor: Nikolai Vasilievich Mozhaev (born 1928), Honored Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Sholokhov Prize.
Material: gypsum.
Size: 114x85x49 cm.
Located in the collection of the State Museum-Reserve M.A. Sholokhov in the village of Vyoshenskaya. Entered in 1994.

Monument to M.A. Sholokhov (Rostov-on-Don)
Sculptor:
Material: concrete, metal (copper).
Dimensions: The height of the monument is 3 m, the height of the pedestal is 1 m.
The figure of the writer is made in full height. The monument was erected in May 2000 in the city of Rostov-on-Don on the embankment of the Don River in honor of the 95th anniversary of the birth of M.A. Sholokhov.

Sculptors: Vladimir Vladimirovich Glebov, Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of the Sholokhov Prize; Yuri Vladimirovich Dremin, Sholokhov Prize laureate.
Material: granite.
Dimensions: E. - 4 m., platform - 8.4x8.3 m.
The opening of the monument took place on November 30, 2001 at the intersection of Volzhsky Boulevard and Volgogradsky Avenue in Moscow.

Monument to M.A. Sholokhov (Uralsk, Kazakhstan)
Sculptor: Esken Amanzholovich Sergebaev (born 1940), laureate of the State Prize of the Kazakh SSR (1982).
Material: gray granite.
Size: Bust height - 60 cm; H. of the pedestal - 2 m.
The writer was closely connected with Kazakhstan for many years, often visiting Uralsk, in the village of Darinsky. Here he rested, worked on his works, and it was in Kazakhstan that M.A. Sholokhov received news of his award Nobel Prize. In memory of these events, a bust of M.A. was unveiled in the city of Uralsk, West Kazakhstan region, on August 27, 2002. Sholokhov.

Monument to M.A. Sholokhov (Nikolaevsk, Volgograd region)
Sculptor: Anatoly Alekseevich Lunin (born 1960), (Moscow).
Material: metal (bronze), granite.
Size: V. figures - 1m 16 cm; H. of the pedestal - 1 m 20 cm.
On the front of the pedestal there is a sign: "Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov." On the sides to the left and right of it are the same type of relief images of a Cossack equestrian lava, a bronze frame around the perimeter is completed behind by a plaque with the words: “The sculptural composition was installed by the Grenadiers Group of Companies ( CEO IN AND. Gavrilov). May 2005."
On May 24, 2005, a monument and a memorial plaque on the facade were unveiled at the Writer's House-Museum in Nikolaevsk.

Monument to M.A. Sholokhov (Boguchar, Voronezh region)
Sculptor: Anatoly Mikhailovich Dementyev (born 1938), (Rostov-on-Don).
Architect: Salazkin Vladimir Ivanovich (Voronezh).
Material: concrete, metal (copper), granite.
Size: H. bust - 1 m; H. of the pedestal - 1.8 m.
The bust is concrete, lined with red copper. The pedestal is concrete, lined with red granite.
A bust was erected in the city park on the central Sholokhov Alley, which was unveiled on September 20, 2005. Part of the funds for the monument were raised by the children of the boarding school, working in production teams.

M.A. Sholokhov (bust)
Sculptor: Anatoly Alekseevich Lunin (born 1960), member of the Union of Artists of Russia (Moscow).
Material: gypsum.
Size: 54x57x30 cm.
Located in the collection of the State Museum-Reserve M.A. Sholokhov in the village of Veshenskaya. Entered in 2006.

Monument to M.A. Sholokhov (Moscow)
Sculptors: Iulian Mitrofanovich Rukavishnikov (1922 - 2000), People's Artist THE USSR; Alexander Iulianovich Rukavishnikov (born 1950).
So Philip Aleksandrovich Rukavishnikov (born 1974), People's Artist of Russia.
Architect: Igor Nikolaevich Voskresensky (born 1945), academician of the International Academy of Architecture.
Material: metal (bronze), granite.
Size: 1.5 present
The monument is made in bronze. The pedestal, paving and bench are granite. Installed in the north-eastern part of Gogolevsky Boulevard.
It was opened on May 24, 2007, on the 102nd anniversary of the writer’s birth.

Monument to M.A. Sholokhov (Millerovo, Rostov region)
Sculptor: Nikolai Vasilyevich Mozhaev (born 1928), Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, laureate of the Sholokhov Prize.
Material: concrete, metal (copper).
Size: 1.3 present
The monument was erected in the park, on 3rd International Street. The opening took place in the fall of 2007, on September 29, at a festival dedicated to City Day. M.A. Sholokhov is depicted in full size.

Valentina Leonova

Photo: Monument to M.A. Sholokhov on Gogolevsky Boulevard

Photo and description

In Moscow you can see two monuments to Mikhail Sholokhov, the author of “ Quiet Don" And Nobel laureate. The first monument was erected in the early 2000s on Volzhsky Boulevard, created by sculptor Vladimir Glebov and architect Yuri Dremin. This Sholokhov sits on a boulder, and next to him, as a continuation sculptural composition- figures of Cossacks standing on patrol; the hero of “Quiet Don” Grigory Melekhov is recognized in the image of one of them.

The second monument to Mikhail Sholokhov was erected in 2007 on Gogolevsky Boulevard, and this fact caused bewilderment and even rejection on the part of the city authorities - they say that a second monument to this writer from the times of socialist realism is not so necessary for Moscow. But perhaps the installation of this composition became very important for the sculptor Alexander Rukavishnikov. By creating the monument, he completed the work of his father, sculptor Iulian Rukavishnikov, who in the 80s won a competition, developed a design for the monument, but was unable to realize it in stone and bronze. His son won the competition again, and the architect Igor Voskresensky helped him in his work.

The work of father and son Rukavishnikov is a complex sculptural group - complex both compositionally and in meaning. In this composition, the bronze writer sits in a boat, which is located on an inclined pedestal reminiscent of a river wave. Behind the writer’s back, horses are swimming from the boat as if in water; only their heads are visible on the stone surface. The horses separated by the boat symbolize the people of Russia forced to become "white" or "red" after the civil war and revolution. The monument is also a fountain, and when water is supplied, the horses seem to float along a real river.

Despite the writer’s merits and such a complex plan, they repeatedly wanted to move the monument, and there was often no water in the fountain.