Description of the attraction
The monument to Gabriel Romanovich Derzhavin was solemnly opened in the center of Kazan on December 3, 2003. The original monument was destroyed in the thirties. It was decided to restore the monument to the 260th anniversary of Gabriel Derzhavin. The city administration was the customer of the monument. The project of the Kazan sculptor Makhmud Gasimov won the competition. His project provided for the most accurate copying of the monument erected in 1847 in the courtyard of Kazan University, in front of the building of the anatomical theater. In the work on the sculpture, the author of the project used old photographs, engravings and drawings of the monument and its details. M. Gasimov even repeated the mistake in the date of the monument's erection. The year 1846 was listed on the monument, although in fact it was installed only in 1847.
In addition to the monument itself, the project included small architectural forms around the monument: lamps and a semicircle behind the monument. The architectural component of the project was completed by Rozalia Nurgaleeva - head of the city design department and chairman
Union of Architects of Tatarstan. A monument was made in Kazan, at the experimental-production plant of the Volga-Kama Research Institute of VOLT.
An interesting fact is that the bronze intended for the monument was stolen. The monument was finished only after the metal was found. In 2003, the monument took its place in the Lyadsky garden on the street. Gorky.
The history of the monument to Derzhavin is interesting. The author of the monument, erected in 1847, was academician K. A. Ton. The statue and bas-reliefs were made by the sculptor S. I. Galberg. At different times he stood in different parts of the city. Due to its heavy weight, the transfer of the monument has always been fraught with great difficulties.
Originally installed in the courtyard of the university by the city architect H. Kramp and the architect M. P. Korinth, the monument was moved to Teatralnaya Square (now Freedom Square) in February 1868. The transfer of the monument to a more significant place was approved by Emperor Alexander II. In 1871, a public garden was laid out around the monument to Derzhavin, which became known as the Derzhavin Garden. In 1930, the monument was destroyed, and in 1936 the foundation of a new theater was laid on the site of the monument. Now on this place is the Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. M. Jalil.
