Monument à Anna Akhmatova, Memorial in Bolshaya Ordynka, Moscow, Russia
The monument to Anna Akhmatova stands in the courtyard of house 17 on Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow. The bronze figure, set on a disproportionately tall granite pedestal, follows a drawing by her friend Amedeo Modigliani showing a woman half-reclining in a wide armchair. Sculptor Vladimir Surovtsev and architect Natalya Zemlyanovskaya created it; a memorial plaque marks the building's street wall.
The bronze monument was unveiled on 7 November 2000 in the courtyard of house 17 on Bolshaya Ordynka, as part of a project to create a sculpture park in the district devoted to the Silver Age. Its sculptor was Vladimir Surovtsev and its architect Natalia Zemlyanovskaya. The courtyard belongs to the building where Akhmatova's close friends, the Ardov family, lived, and where she stayed on her visits to Moscow between 1934 and 1963.
The statue stands in the courtyard of house 17 on Bolshaya Ordynka, where Akhmatova stayed with her close friends, the Ardov family, on her visits to Moscow between 1934 and 1963. A memorial plaque marks the street-facing wall of the same building. In 2011 a group led by Alexei Batalov and Mikhail Ardov proposed opening a museum apartment to her there.
The monument stands in the courtyard of house 17 on Bolshaya Ordynka, set back from the street, so look for the archway leading into the yard. A memorial plaque is fixed to the building's street-facing wall. The courtyard is a short walk from the Tretyakovskaya metro area in the Zamoskvorechye district.
The sculpture follows a drawing made by Amedeo Modigliani, a friend of Akhmatova, who depicted her half-reclining in a wide armchair. Sculptor Vladimir Surovtsev and architect Natalia Zemlyanovskaya created the bronze figure, set on a deliberately tall granite pedestal in the courtyard of house 17 on Bolshaya Ordynka.
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