Description of the attraction
The monument to Lev Nikolaevich Gumilyov is located in the center of Kazan, at the beginning of Peterburgskaya Street.
In 2005, a bust of the scientist, St. Petersburg resident Lev Gumilyov was erected in Kazan. This was the year of celebration of the 1000th anniversary of Kazan. The authors of the monument are sculptors Vladimir Demchenko and Alexander Golovachev.
The bust of N. Gumilyov is installed on a columnar pedestal made of white marble. The inscription is engraved on the pedestal: "To a Russian man who has defended the Tatars from slander all his life." The pedestal is installed on a small cone-shaped hill. The hill is lined with stones of various colors. The base of the cone-shaped hill is surrounded by a chain. The chain is black, connected by balls at regular intervals. The monument to Lev Nikolaevich Gumilyov looks monumental. The combination of black and gray-white colors gives the monument a solemn look. The monument fits organically into the environment. This place is always filled with people. On the right side of the monument to Lev Nikolaevich Gumilyov there is a hotel "Tatarstan". On the left side of the monument is the shopping and entertainment complex "Ring". The front part of the monument is directed towards Tukay Square (often referred to by the townspeople as "The Ring") and Bauman Street.
Lev Gumilyov was born in Tsarskoe Selo in 1912. He was a doctor of historical sciences, geographer and ethnographer. Gumilev believed that the East had a greater influence on Russia than Europe.
During the construction of Peterburgskaya Street, it was assumed that there would be a monument to Peter I. In 2005, the Tatar Public Center began collecting signatures against the establishment of a monument to Peter I. In connection with the protests of the Tatar Public Center activists, it was decided to erect a monument to Lev Gumilyov.
