Monument to Feodor Chaliapin, Marble monument in Ufa, Russia

The Monument to Feodor Chaliapin is a white marble sculpture on Lenin Street in Ufa, set between the Noble Assembly House and the Agidel Hotel, facing the Aksakov People's House. It depicts a young Chaliapin as he appeared at his Ufa debut. The sculptor was Rustem Khasanov and the architect Konstantin Donguzov.

Sculptor Rustem Khasanov created this monument in 2007 to honor the Russian opera singer who performed at the Ufa theater early in his career. The work commemorates an artist whose beginnings were closely tied to this city.

The monument stands between the Noble Assembly House and the Agidel Hotel, facing the Aksakov People's House. A memorial plaque on the Noble Assembly House marks where Chaliapin sang the old servant in Rubinstein's opera The Demon on 6 May 1891. The plaque was unveiled in February 1967 in the presence of his daughter Irina.

The memorial ensemble stands on Lenin Street between the Noble Assembly House and the Agidel Hotel, facing the Aksakov People's House. The sculpture faces the building where Chaliapin sang in 1891, so the memorial can be viewed from the street while walking this central stretch of Lenin Street.

The statue captures the singer in his youth, frozen in a moment of anticipation and nervousness before a performance. This gives the monument a deeply human quality that goes beyond typical heroic commemoration.