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Monument to Vasily Chapaev (Samara)

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To help create Chapaev’s facial features Manizer used as a model Chapaev’s son, Alexander, who looked much like his father. To create the character of the Red Army Bashkir soldier, raising from the ground, the sculptor used as a model a student of Leningrad Military Medical Academy and Bashkir poet
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soldier in a torn shirt, a female in headscarf, a sailor and Chapaev on horseback with a sabre. Characters of the monument are based on real participants of the
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Fight till the last drop of blood, comrades! Hold on to every sliver of land! Persevere till the very end! Victory is close, - victory will be ours!
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At the time of the monument creation it was one of the biggest in the country (height 10m, base 17 x 22m). The pedestal, plated with polished black
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The monument was made in Leningrad, before its shipment it was seen by Kirov, who asked its author to make a copy for Leningrad.
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who decided to attempt creating a multi-figure equestrian sculpture. Amongst the figures are a commissar, a
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Weight of the bronze, used for casting, was 12 tonnes, figures are 1.5 times the average human height.
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Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Samara Oblast
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The monument was erected in 1932 to commemorate 15th anniversary of
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in Samara). Manizer was the first sculptor in the history of the
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53°11′49″N 50°05′49″E / 53.197008°N 50.096956°E / 53.197008; 50.096956
Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev
Samara
drama theatre

October Revolution
Iosif Langbard
Matvey Manizer
Valerian Kuybishev
Vladimir Lenin
Soviet art
Bashkir
Tatar
civil war
Gaisa Yusupov
labradorite
A copy of the monument
Saint Petersburg
Budyonny Military Academy of the Signal Corps


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Monument to Vasily Chapaev
Monument to Vasily Chapaev and his army
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Monuments and memorials built in the Soviet Union
Monuments and memorials in Samara Oblast
Outdoor sculptures in Russia
1932 establishments in Russia

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