Statue of Krasin in Kurgan, Bronze monument in Kurgan, Russia.
The Statue of Krasin is a full-length bronze figure of Leonid Krasin standing on a concrete pedestal whose outline recalls the icebreaker named after him. It stands on the high bank of the Tobol at the intersection of Krasin and Kuybyshev streets in Kurgan.
The monument was unveiled on 1 September 1978; Krasin's daughter Tamara Krasina-Tarasova attended the ceremony. Its project took five years to prepare, the sculpture was cast at the Mytishchi art foundry, and the site was prepared and the statue installed by the Kurgan firm Remstroytrest under Yu. P. Kazantsev.
Krasin was born in Kurgan in 1870 and became the first Soviet diplomat; the monument stands where Krasin and Kuybyshev streets meet above the Tobol. His daughter Tamara Krasina-Tarasova attended the 1 September 1978 opening ceremony.
The monument stands on the high bank of the Tobol, at the corner of Krasin and Kuybyshev streets. The site was prepared and the statue installed by the Kurgan firm Remstroytrest under Yu. P. Kazantsev. Visitors approach on foot along these streets; the riverside position gives a view over the Tobol.
The concrete pedestal is shaped to evoke the icebreaker Krasin, named after Leonid Krasin. The sculpture was cast at the Mytishchi art foundry, and the site was prepared by Kurgan's Remstroytrest under Yu. P. Kazantsev, who also installed the monument. Krasin's daughter, Tamara Krasina-Tarasova, attended the 1 September 1978 opening.
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