Memorial to the 1905 Revolution Fighters, Ivanovo, memorial in Ivanovo, Russia

The Memorial to the 1905 Revolution Fighters is a two-part composition by sculptor Dmitry Ryabichev, architect Yevgeny Kutyrev and co-author Mikhail Malyutin. The sculptural group "Raising the Banner" shows a worker lifting a banner that fell from the hands of an older comrade. The second element is a rectangular monument standing for prison cells, with revolutionary flame bursting out and a crystal inside lit by a pulsing light that suggests a heartbeat.

The memorial was inaugurated on May 29, 1975, and commemorates the 1905 uprising when citizens rose against Tsar Nicholas II's rule. This period marked one of Russia's most significant social and political upheavals.

The sculptural group is called "Raising the Banner": a worker lifts the flag that fell from the hands of an older comrade. Inside the rectangular monument, shaped to suggest prison walls, a crystal with pulsing light stands for a beating heart. The authors received the USSR State Prize in 1978.

The monument stands in the open in Ivanovo, so visits depend on weather rather than opening hours. The sculptural group and the rectangular monument with its crystal are viewed from outside; there is no interior to enter. The 2005 overhaul left the ensemble in working order, including the pulsating light inside the monument.

Ivanovo was one of Russia's major textile manufacturing centers at the time of the 1905 events, and a hub of intense worker activism. The memorial marks how an industrial city became a birthplace of national change.