Statue of Argentovskaya in Kurgan, Bronze monument in Troitskaya Square, Kurgan, Russia.
The Argentovskaya statue is a full-length figure of a young woman standing on a tall pedestal, her raised right hand holding a stack of proclamations. The pedestal bears an inscription naming Natasha Argentovskaya, a young revolutionary who died in 1919 fighting to restore Soviet power in Kurgan. Sculptor Anatoly Kozyrev made the work, unveiled in July 1961.
The monument was unveiled in July 1961 on the site of the blown-up Trinity Cathedral, where the Decembrist Square was laid out. Its sculptor was Anatoly Ivanovich Kozyrev (1918–1980). In 2013 the company Anturazh restored it under a contract reduced from 2.5 to 2.35 million rubles.
The statue stands where the Trinity Cathedral was blown up on 25 May 1957; the square was then laid out as Decembrists' Park. Its pedestal inscription names Natasha Argentovskaya as a young revolutionary who died in 1919 fighting to restore Soviet power in Kurgan. A 1962 Soviet postal envelope carried the monument's image.
The statue stands in Troitskaya Square and is freely accessible to visitors throughout the year without any entry requirements. The public square is easy to find and can be visited at any time.
The monument's heritage registration number is 092, and in 1962 the USSR issued a postal envelope bearing its image. In 2013 the firm Anturazh restored the sculpture under a contract initially set at almost 2.5 million rubles and reduced to 2.35 million during bidding.
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