Oryoldagi I.A. Bunin yodgorligi, Monument to a writer in Oryol, Russia

The monument to Ivan Bunin stands on Proletarskaya (Levashova) Hill in Oryol: a bronze figure in a long coat on a tall bronze pedestal, whose front face carries the raised inscription "Бунину Ивану Алексеевичу". Sculptor Vyacheslav Klykov and architect R. I. Semerdzhiev made it; Bunin stands with arms crossed at the elbows, a bronze wreath at his feet.

The idea of a monument by sculptor Vyacheslav Klykov arose while Oryol prepared for Bunin's 125th anniversary, and it was unveiled in October 1995 before a large crowd. Bunin lived in Oryol from autumn 1889, worked for the newspaper Orlovsky Vestnik, and published his first poetry collection there in 1891. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1933, the first Russian laureate.

Bunin lived in Oryol from autumn 1889, worked for the newspaper «Орловский вестник» and published his first book, «Стихотворения», there in 1891. The city keeps his name on the Oryol Regional Scientific Universal Public Library, and a bust by O. A. Uvarov was placed before that building in 1992. The Klykov monument was unveiled in October 1995 during the celebrations of the writer's 125th anniversary.

The monument stands on Proletarskaya (Levashova) Hill, on the site of the former Levashova Hill in central Oryol. The bronze pedestal carries the inscription "Бунину Ивану Алексеевичу" on its front face, and a bronze wreath lies at the writer's feet. The surrounding bed of red tulips is planted in dark soil in front of the pedestal.

The bronze wreath at Bunin's feet is easy to miss: the sources record it as part of the composition, while the pedestal's three raised lines read "БУНИНУ", "ИВАНУ", "АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧУ". The sculptor was Vyacheslav Klykov, a laureate of the USSR State Prize, and the architect was R. I. Semerdzhiev.