Alley of Lenin rulers. We have Stalin on us: busts of Soviet leaders will appear on the Alley of Rulers. - When you sculpted Stalin, what were you thinking about

Busts of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev and other leaders of the Soviet state were unveiled on Friday in Moscow at “Alley of Rulers” In the twentieth century, the opening of the bust of Boris Yeltsin is scheduled for February.

"Today we are opening the second stage (of the Alley). This is a symbol of the continuity of our history, a history without crossed out names"- said the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhuravsky at the opening ceremony of the monuments.

He noted that "this story has not ended, this Alley goes into eternity, and I want to believe that it will be replenished for many centuries". "As long as there is national history, there will be statesmen who will take their rightful place on this Alley" Zhuravsky said.

He said that the bust to the first President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin would be erected on his birthday: "There is hope that a bust of Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin will be inaugurated on February 1 next year".

“Alley of Rulers” was created by the Russian Military Historical Society (RVIO) in a Moscow public garden, ennobled during the restoration of the building in Petroverigsky Lane, where the Museum of Military Uniforms of the RVIO is located.

Previously, busts of 33 people who exercised the supreme leadership of the country were erected here: from Rurik to Alexander Kerensky.

From September 22, the Alley was supplemented with busts of V. Lenin, I. Stalin, N. Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Chernenko, Mikhail Gorbachev.

Earlier, the executive director of the RVIO, Vladislav Kononov, suggested in this regard that Russian liberals would criticize the RVIO "for busts to Lenin and Stalin - they have not been opened anywhere in the last decade, and conservative forces may be criticized for busts to Gorbachev and Yeltsin". “And we,” Kononov noted, “are working to preserve history and do not seek to please anyone.”.

In turn, the scientific director of the RVIO Mikhail Myagkov said: "We work, we do not seek to please some momentary market conditions. We do our job and believe that it is useful for our generation and the younger generation, which is just entering life".

In the capital on “Alley of rulers” Busts of Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Chernenko and Mikhail Gorbachev appeared on the eve of the twentieth century.
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The bust of Boris Yeltsin is scheduled to be unveiled in February. Interfax ”. . . . . .

The appearance of a monument to Stalin in Moscow was commented by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. "Well, didn't Stalin lead the state?"- he told reporters, adding that in general the question of the reasonableness of the appearance of this bust is inappropriate.

All monuments on “Alley of rulers” created by sculptor Iosif Tsereteli.

Seven new busts by Zurab Tsereteli appeared on “Alley of rulers” in Petroverigsky Lane in the center of Moscow. Now the number of monuments on “ Alley" increased to forty.

It is reported by RBC.

In particular, busts of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Chernenko and Mikhail Gorbachev were unveiled today. Formerly a gallery of sculptural portraits of people, "in one period or another, who exercised the supreme leadership of the country", ended with Alexander Kerensky, who headed the Provisional Government in 1917.

Deputy Minister of Culture Alexander Zhuravsky, who also participated in the opening of the busts, said that “Alley of rulers” - This "a symbol of the continuity and continuity of our history, a history without crossed out names, without forgotten historical events and periods". He also noted that Lenin and Stalin can be evaluated differently, but both of them are part of the history of Russia, which should not be forgotten.

It is noted that immediately after the opening of the bust of Stalin, a woman appeared near him with a poster on which Anna Akhmatova's poem is quoted, where "Stalin's defenders" are called "dear lovers of torture" and "experts in the production of orphans."

“Alley of rulers” in Moscow replenished with new sculptures. Busts of Russian leaders of the 20th century were installed on it. .

On “Alley of rulers” busts of Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev and Brezhnev were erected, as well as Andropov, Chernenko and Gorbachev.
Before that, the alley already had sculptures of 33 rulers of the pre-Soviet period - from Rurik to Alexander Kerensky. And the bust of the next leader of the country after Gorbachev - Boris Yeltsin - will be opened, as expected, in February, on his birthday.
Project “Alley of rulers” developed by the Russian Military Historical Society.

Busts of Soviet leaders from Vladimir Lenin to Mikhail Gorbachev replenished the Moscow “Alley of rulers” in Petroverigsky lane near the Museum of military uniforms. It was decided to open the bust of the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin later - on his birthday on February 1, 2018.

In the Russian Military Historical Society (RVIO), on the initiative of which the “Alley of rulers” , previously they did not rule out that the installation of busts of Lenin and Joseph Stalin would cause discontent among the liberals, and conservatives would criticize the installation of busts of Gorbachev and Yeltsin. The executive director of the RVIO, Vladislav Kononov, stated that the organization does not seek to please anyone and works "for the sake of preserving history."

“Today we are opening the second stage: it is a symbol of the continuity of our history, a history without crossed out names. This history has not ended, this alley goes to eternity, and I want to believe that it will be replenished for many centuries, as long as there is national history, there will be statesmen who will take their rightful place on this alley"- said the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhuravsky.

Recall “Alley of rulers” opened in May 2017. Before the opening of the second stage, 33 busts of statesmen were installed on it - from Rurik to the head of the Provisional Government Alexander Kerensky. At the same time, for some reason a number of Russian rulers are not represented on the alley. Among them are the princes of Kyiv Oleg, Igor and Svyatoslav, the first appanage prince of Moscow Daniil Alexandrovich, False Dmitry I, Vasily Shuisky, Catherine I.

Busts of the leaders of the USSR were solemnly opened on “Alley of rulers” in the park near the Museum of military uniforms of the Russian Military Historical Society, the Agency reports. Moscow ".
The ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhuravsky, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture, director Stanislav Govorukhin, President Russian Academy artists Zurab Tsereteli and LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
As Zhuravsky said, “Alley of rulers” will keep the names of historical leaders in people's memory. He expressed hope that the collection will be replenished with new monuments to statesmen.
. . . . . Busts of 33 Russian leaders have already been presented there. In addition, granite was imprinted family tree genus Rurikovich and a branch of the Romanov dynasty.
In the summer of 2017, the collection was replenished with a monument to Ivan the Terrible. The sculpture was sent to the capital from Alexandrov. It was supposed to be installed in the Vladimir region, but was dismantled due to a heated public discussion.

“Alley of Rulers” , located in the center of Moscow, replenished with busts of state leaders - from Vladimir Lenin to Mikhail Gorbachev. The bust of the first President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin will be erected in February.

. . . . . These people made responsible decisions on a strategic and tactical scale, and the fate of the country largely depended on their position and will.

The event was attended by the Chairman of the Committee State Duma in culture, director Stanislav Govorukhin and the president of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli, who embodied the images in bronze. Representatives of political parties represented in the State Duma also took part in the opening of the Alley.

Zurab Tsereteli said that a bust of Boris Yeltsin would also be erected on the Alley. The sculptor shared that the bust is already ready, the pedestal is ready, but the installation has been postponed to February next year, the event will be timed to coincide with the birthday of the first President of the Russian Federation.

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In May 2017, the first part was opened “Alley of Rulers” , where 33 busts of rulers are installed - starting from the time ancient Russian state until 1917, including here there are monuments to Rurik, Ivan the Terrible, Peter I and many others.

Mikhail Myagkov, scientific director of the RVIO, said that the idea of ​​​​creating the Alley has no political component: it has educational function, here you can hold open school lessons. The erected monuments, according to experts of the Russian Military Historical Society, testify to the linearity of history, it is a reminder of who and when ruled the country, making not only negative, but also positive decisions.

The bust of the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin will be installed on his birthday, February 1, on “Alley of rulers” in the park near the Museum of military uniforms of the Russian Military Historical Society (RVIO). The author of the busts, President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli announced this at the grand opening of the "Alley of the Rulers of the 20th Century".

"We decided that the bust of B. Yeltsin will appear on "Alley of rulers" on the president's birthday in February. He's already ready."Z. Tsereteli said., - TASS quotes Zhuravsky.
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, who was asked by journalists to comment on the advisability of installing a bust of Stalin, said that he had heard about the opening for the first time. “Alley of rulers” and doesn't know where she is. At the same time, he did not agree with the opinion that the figure of Stalin causes too significant disagreements in society and therefore, perhaps, should not be presented in the general exhibition. "We are talking about everyone who led the state. Well, didn't Stalin lead the state? Therefore, in this case, the question is inappropriate" Peskov said.
. . . . . The Deputy Minister of Culture named the alley "a symbol of continuity ... history without crossed out names, without forgotten historical events and periods". According to Zhuravsky, the history of the alley does not end with the installation of busts of the rulers of the 20th century. . . . . .
The author of all the sculptures was the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli. He noted that while working on the monuments, he treated all the leaders with equal respect. "History on paper is one thing, and I wanted people to know history and show it in the language of art"- said Tsereteli. LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky at the opening of new busts urged "not to offend anyone, because this is our past". In his opinion, “Alley of rulers” could be supplemented with busts of Georgy Malenkov, who actually led the USSR for several months after Stalin's death, and Vyacheslav Molotov.
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Users of social networks, having carefully examined the sculptures of Tsereteli, noticed that many busts not only do not correspond to surviving historical images, but simply duplicate each other. And in the signatures on the pedestals there are negligence and errors.

President of the Russian Academy of Arts, sculptor Zurab . . . . . announced that he was ready to create a bust of Russian President Vladimir Putin to be placed on “Alley of rulers” in Moscow. He told reporters about this at the opening ceremony of the busts of Soviet leaders.

“I have already made a monument to V. Putin, you don’t go to museums, and don’t look. And to install his bust in “Alley of rulers” - if they (authorities - approx. Agency "Moscow ") want, yes. It's not up to me" Z said. . . . . .

At the same time, the sculptor noted that it is too early to make a bust, as the president is in "good health."

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The leaders of the era of the USSR will stand in a row in the center of the capital

Stalin! A monument to Stalin will appear in Moscow! All the very emotional conversations of recent years about even the theoretical possibility of a new sculptural image of the leader subside before the fact: on September 22, a bust of Stalin will be opened on the Alley of Rulers, organized by the Russian Military Historical Society in the capital's Petroverigsky Lane in May this year. However, he will not be alone. Together with him, busts of other leaders of the Soviet and post-Soviet eras will be unveiled: Lenin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, Gorbachev, Yeltsin. They will join the already existing images of the princes and tsars of the Russian state (among them, we recall, there is the equally controversial Ivan the Terrible). On the eve of the opening of the new busts, the MK correspondent visited the alley and made sure that ideological disputes do not cause much excitement among ordinary visitors.

In September 2017, another monument to the leader will be opened in Moscow.

"Tu-tu-tu-du-tu ..." - a march plays over the alley of rulers. Tsars and emperors solemnly stand in one line, as in a parade. Boys in white tunics are torturing trumpets, flutes, drums... There is something festive in the air: Rurik and Nicholas II are waiting for Stalin.

Under the new busts, pedestals are already ready, exactly opposite the princes and autocrats. Before whom will Lenin stand? It would be logical if before the last Romanov ... But he, as it were, turned away to the exit. In general, none of the kings (as if on purpose!) Looks ahead. Catherine I frowned and lowered her eyes, Pavel looks somewhere into the sky ... Unless Alexander III obviously rests his eyes on one of his Soviet colleagues.

So, what is this? Between Rurik and Olga is an empty pedestal. Another one - between Olga and Vladimir Svyatoslavovich ...

These were handed over for repairs, - one visitor of retirement age says with knowledge to another. - Look, Rurik's head is glued, I suppose they also piled on this ...

No, no, no, - the waitress of the local cafe objects, wiping the tables. - There will be new busts, they are standing behind the stage ... And the children are rehearsing just in time for the opening.

The concert continues in front of the wooden stage - the Cadets are torturing the trumpets. Rare guests look at them much more interesting than at the heads of the king.

Look how he looks at you, - one kid with a pipe pokes another.

Who? This one without the hat? He is looking at you!

The name of the one without a hat, the children did not remember. If it weren’t for the signatures, then the sovereigns would definitely be “everyone is equal, as if by selection” ...

Serene women, walking by, diligently photographed each bust.

Well, grandmothers walk, walk ... The place is good, quiet ... - says the guard of the alley. - There is no shop, but the cafe has opened, with a summer veranda. You can sit there. Who else is coming? Foreigners, but rare.

The alley - despite being deserted - looks quite majestic. Nicholas II gleams in the sun with cobwebs (just from the head to the epaulette and for some reason, excuse me, under the nose). Thickets and Alexander III, Rurik, Yaroslav the Wise...

A-ah-ah ... - there was a sob. A middle-aged bearded man clung to the last of the Nikolaevs. He closed his eyes, wept. Gently running his hand along the pedestal, the man barely broke away from the king. The emperor was inexorably silent and mowed towards the exit.

Well, well, - the satellite took him aside. - Let's go to. Don't pay any attention to him, he told the visitors.

The strange admirer of Romanov, who had watered his uniform with tears, now walked slowly past the tsars. Mikhail Fedorovich, Boris Godunov, Fyodor Ioannovich... He stops again near the next bust. Carefully touches the pedestal, affectionately, like a beloved, strokes the nameplate with his hand ... Then he hugs the king and for a second leans his head against him. Like, here we met, my dear... Ivan the Terrible turned out to be the object of tenderness.

Yes, he is not dangerous, - the guard reassured. - There are no psychos here, there is no one to pray to, not the church. Sometimes they come with flowers. Nikolai is not put to death, although he is now in favor ... In general, it seems to me that everyone has forgotten who is standing here. Previously, flowers were left for Ivan the Terrible. The women are in headscarves. Although why should he?

In the meantime, there were more people in the alley: men in suits, smart girls. Orchestra verse. Will they open two days early? Medinsky is not visible in the crowd, but the presenter from a small podium explains: now an exhibition will open here for the anniversary Battle of Stalingrad. And then new people come, speeches begin about the exploits of our soldiers, trenches and so on ... And neither Nikolai, nor Catherine, much less the kissed Ivan the Terrible, have anything to do with what is happening ... The boys, bored during officialdom, begin to play and even sing - but not for kings. They become some kind of background, a random frame, a photograph that no one will ever review. And even a peasant fan is filming marching cadets.

EXPERTS' OPINIONS

Lev Ponomarev, human rights activist:

Of course, there are dark, tragic pages in the history of every state. Personally, I am against the installation of a bust of Stalin there. Too many people died in those years, and too many of their relatives are still alive. It's insulting. Yes, you can ask the question: “Is it really to hide?” In our history there were monstrous rulers, the same Ivan the Terrible. But as the centuries pass, one can judge the rulers simply as historical figures. Too little time has now passed for Stalin. I would not be surprised if this monument is covered with green paint more than once, as is now customary.

Yan Rachinsky, Member of the Board of the Memorial Society:

In my opinion, the figure of Stalin is quite unambiguous, and the attitude towards her should be the same. Suffice it to say that in history there was no ruler more bloody in relation to his own people. But in our country, few people truly understand what it was like - repressions, the victims of which were ordinary citizens. From there, the support of Stalin both among the older generation and among the youth is ignorance. Of course, no one is going to erase Stalin from history, like any other figure. But one thing is a museum where all epochs should be presented, and another thing is a public space where people will walk.

Andrey Klychkov, head of the Communist Party faction in the Moscow City Duma:

Our society has different people And different opinions. The latest polls show that more than half of Muscovites assess Stalin's role in the Great Patriotic war and the formation of the state is positive. If a decision is made to install a bust of Stalin, then we must respect those who decided it. Recently, the idea of ​​erecting a monument to Solzhenitsyn was discussed in the Moscow City Duma, and I am afraid that this figure will cause no less controversy in society.

Alexei Simonov, President of the Glasnost Defense Foundation:

In itself, the idea of ​​the Alley of Rulers seems strange to me. Only in tsarist Russia one could say that the state is controlled by one person. But if you think like that, then it was Stalin who led the country himself - and he himself is responsible for all the crimes of his time. And if you want to put busts of all the rulers of the USSR, then why is there no bust of Malenkov? Briefly led? But Andropov also led briefly, but there is a bust of him. All this is evidence that the idea is stupid.

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On the "Alley of Rulers" in the center of Moscow - a string of sculptural images of Russian princes, tsars and Soviet leaders- Busts of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin appeared on Friday. At the opening, invited politicians and historians struggled to explain why erecting a monument to Stalin was the right decision.

Monuments to Stalin in last years began to appear in many cities of Russia. Most often, these are small busts that were installed by local residents - on the territory of schools, local museums, and regional branches of the Communist Party. However, until this day, the monument to Stalin was not opened with such pomp - with the participation of the orchestra, high-ranking cultural officials, politicians and artists.

Create "Alley of rulers" came up with the Russian Military Historical Society, which is headed by Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky. He himself did not come to open the monument to Stalin on Friday.

Now there are 40 busts on the alley - from Rurik to Kerensky, and now Lenin and Gorbachev.

The creators of the alley insisted that all this Russian history- such as it is, without embellishment. As part of this approach, almost opposite Nicholas II, who was shot by the Bolsheviks on Friday, a brand new, golden monument to Lenin stood up.