Zhdushchaya, War memorial in Murmansk, Russia.

Zhdushchaya is a bronze statue of a woman in a long coat, her right arm raised and her left arm holding a small object, standing on a pinkish-grey granite pedestal. A bronze bollard with a seagull sits at her feet. The pedestal bears gold cursive lettering and a carved band of stylized waves. The monument stands about 6 meters tall.

The idea dates to the mid-1970s, when Murmansk poet and former helmsman Viktor Timofeev wrote the poem "Sentimental Watch," published in 1984. He proposed a monument to all women awaiting their loved ones from the sea; sketch competitions in 1986 and the 1990s failed for economic reasons. In 2011 honorary citizens Boris Veller and Nikolai Gutskalov revived the project, funded by 232 enterprises and over 600 individuals, and the monument opened on 10 November 2012.

The monument takes its name from Viktor Timofeev's 1984 poem "Sentimental Watch", which gave the future statue its title. The inscription on the granite pedestal reads "To those who know how to wait...", and the poet's own words are engraved on a plaque at the base. The figure faces the Kola Bay, greeting and seeing off ships calling at Murmansk port.

The monument is located near the center of Murmansk and can be reached on foot from the main streets. Visiting in summer takes advantage of the long daylight hours, but the site is accessible year-round.

The monument was funded by 232 enterprises and institutions plus more than 600 private donors, who raised over 3.3 million rubles; the city added over 11 million for the surrounding square. In 2016 the figure appeared on a Russian postage stamp marking Murmansk's centenary. The pedestal's granite came from the Kuzrechensky quarry.