Girl with umbrella, Bronze sculpture in Mikhailovsky Square, Minsk, Belarus
Girl with Umbrella is a bronze sculptural composition by Uladzimir Zhbanau in Mikhailovsky Square near the railway station square in Minsk. It shows a bronze girl holding an umbrella, and the downpour of the Nemiga tragedy of 30 May 1999 is said to have damaged her umbrella too.
Sculptor Vladimir Zhbanov dedicated the bronze figure to the Nemiga tragedy of 30 May 1999, when 53 people died in a crush in the metro underpass during a hailstorm. The sculpture was placed in Mikhailovsky Square near the railway station square; the sources give no museum acquisition. A copy stands by the Belarussan sanatorium in Sochi.
The bronze umbrella of the girl is said to be damaged by the same downpour that struck Minsk on 30 May 1999, when 53 people died in a crush in the Nemiga metro underpass. Sculptor Vladimir Zhbanov dedicated the figure to that tragedy, and a copy stands near the Belorus sanatorium in Sochi.
The sculpture stands outdoors in Mikhailovsky Square, by the Privokzalnaya Square near the Nemiga metro area, so it can be seen at any hour and needs no ticket. Look for the bronze girl holding a broken umbrella, a short walk from the station exit.
A copy of the sculpture stands near the Belarussiya sanatorium in Sochi, so the bronze girl with the damaged umbrella exists in two places. In Minsk the figure recalls the 30 May 1999 crush at the Nemiga metro underpass, when 53 people died during a hailstorm.
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