Памятник Твардовскому, Bronze memorial statue at Strastnoy Boulevard, Russia.
The Tvardovsky Monument is a full-length bronze figure of the poet standing on a low granite pedestal, placed on Strastnoy Boulevard beside the Novy Mir editorial office. The sculptor showed him paused mid-walk, looking down from the pedestal. The front of the pedestal carries his name and reproduced autograph, one side a stanza from his 1955 poem, the other the names of the authors and sponsors.
The monument was unveiled on 22 June 2013 beside the Novy Mir editorial office, where Tvardovsky served as editor-in-chief in 1950–1954 and 1958–1970. Sculptors Vladimir and Daniil Surovtsev and architects Viktor Pasenko and Sergei Ivanchenko created it with funding from Alisher Usmanov; the Russian Peace Foundation donated it to Moscow. Tvardovsky's daughters Valentina and Olga attended the opening.
The monument is located near the New World magazine office, where Tvardovsky worked as editor-in-chief during the 1950s and 1960s. His leadership shaped the literary landscape of that era.
The statue is centrally located and provides direct access to several cultural sites, including the High Petrovsky Monastery and the Theater of Nations nearby. The area is well-connected and surrounded by other attractions.
On one side of the pedestal are lines from Tvardovsky's 1955 poem "You are a fool, death: you threaten people...", beginning "We hear each other in eternity and distinguish voices." The other side names the sculptors Vladimir and Daniil Surovtsev, architects Pasenko and Ivanchenko, and the sponsors.
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