Solovetsky Stone (Saint Petersburg)
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| Solovetsky Stone | |
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| Russian: Соловецкий камень, Monument to victims of political repressionin Petrograd-Leningrad | |
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| Artist | Yuly Rybakov, Yevgeny Ukhnalyov |
| Completion date | September 4, 1990: Foundation stone September 4, 2002: Solovetsky Stone |
| Medium | granite |
| Movement | Minimalism |
| Dimensions | 2,25 cm × 2,3 cm × 2,35 cm (89 in × 9.1 in × 93 in) |
| Weight | 10,400 kg |
| Location | Saint Petersburg |
| 59°57′08″N 30°19′34″E / 59.952313°N 30.326125°E | |
The Solovetsky Stone is a monument located in Troitskaya Square in Saint Petersburg, across from House of Tsarist Political Prisoners. The monument consists of a large stone brought from the Solovetsky Islands, the location of Solovki prison camp, part of the Soviet Gulag system. The monument was founded in 1990 to honor victims of political reppression in the Soviet Union, as well as people who fought with this.
History
The monument was laid on September 4 1990. Solovetsky Stone was erected in the public garden on Troitskaya Square in Saint Petersburg in August 2002. It was designed by Yuly Rybakov and Yevgeny Ukhnalyov and is officially known as the Memorial to the Victim of Political Repressions in Petrograd - Leningrad. The monument is a 10,400 kg granite boulder taken 50 meters from the place of mass executions of the prisoners of the Solovki prison camp in the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea. The rock is set on a polished granite base with inscriptions "To prisoners of GULAG", "To victims of communist terror", "To freedom fighters" and a line from the "Requiem" poem of Anna Akhmatova: "I wish to call all of them by name, but ..." (Хотелось бы всех поименно назвать...). The monument was unveiled on 4 September 2002 in preparation for celebrations of 300 years of Saint Petersburg[1].
The Saint Petersburg city administration would not help finance the memorial despite significant budget allocated to celebrate the tercentenary of the city. The monument was built with the money of former political prisoners[2].
References
- ^ Solovetsky Stone, monument, Saint Petersburg Encyclopedia. Accessed 17 August 2009
- ^ Он установил в Питере Соловецкий камень Solovki Encyclopedia Template:Ru icon
External links
- НИЦ «Мемориал» (ed.). "Соловецкий Камень на Троицкой площади в Санкт-Петербурге". Виртуальный музей Гулага. Фонды. ЗАО «Альт-Софт». Archived from the original on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
- Сахаровский центр (ed.). "Памятник жертвам политических репрессий Петрограда - Ленинграда". Памятники и памятные знаки жертвам политических репрессий на территории бывшего СССР. Archived from the original on 2019-01-12. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
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