Description of the attraction
The Ob and Irtysh fountain is a unique fountain that is one of the attractions of the city of Khanty-Mansiysk. The fountain is located in the Losev Central Park of Culture and Leisure, opposite the Yugra-Classic Concert and Theater Center.
The opening of the fountain took place in January 2008. The chief architect of this building was D. Yu. Belik. The sketch project was created by the sculptor A. N. Kovalchuk, responsible for the architectural and planning decision were D. Yu. Belik, B. V. Serebrovsky and E. V. Ostashev. The working project was carried out by LLC TPO "Yekaterinburg Art Fund".
The height of the Ob and Irtysh fountain is 16 meters. The small bowl has a diameter of 5.5 m, and the large one is 8 m. The fountain is made of six different types of granite, which is one of its features. The bottom of the bowl of the fountain, where water flows, is made in the style of Florentine mosaics. The fountain is a rock on which animals living in the territory of the Yugorsky Territory are placed. The top of this composition is decorated with figurines of seagulls. At the foot of the sculpture are sculptures of a moose, lynx, bear, Siberian Cranes, wolves, owl and deer. At the owl one can see a scroll on which there is an inscription: "Where the gray-haired Irtysh gets married to the Ob, a city rises behind the age-old mountain."
The main feature of the Ob and Irtysh fountain is its illumination, which illuminates the fountain at night. In summer, the Ob and Irtysh fountain fills the space around with brightly shining splashes of multicolored rainbows.
Local residents and guests of the city were delighted with the opening of this amazing fountain and are happy to be photographed against its background.
