Description of the attraction
The monument to A. S. Pushkin is located in a semicircular niche near the Opera and Ballet Theater. M. Jalil. The monument by the sculptor N. K. Ventzel was installed on a semicircle from the side of Pushkin Street in 1956. This monument to the great Russian poet is the only one in Kazan.
For more than fifty years, since the opening of the monument, on June 6, many people have gathered at the monument. Among them are prominent cultural figures, poets of all generations and ordinary citizens. They come to honor the memory of the classic of Russian literature once again. Poems and music are heard, and flowers surround the monument.
Kazan residents have a special reason to remember and honor Alexander Sergeevich. Indeed, in 1833 Pushkin visited Kazan. It happened in the fall, in September - the poet's favorite season. In Kazan, he was led by a desire to study more closely the places of the battles of the Peasant War under the leadership of Pugachev. Pushkin began to work on The History of Pugachev, and in Kazan one could still meet eyewitnesses of those events. Alexander Sergeevich stayed at a hotel located on the street. Profsoyuznaya, near the Peter and Paul Cathedral.
During his stay in Kazan, Pushkin got acquainted with the city, walked around the Kazan Kremlin, visited the scientist K. F. Fuchs, met with the famous theater-goer E. P. Pertsov. Of course, he was also expected to meet with a friend at the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum - the poet Yevgeny Baratynsky.
The poet was interested in living testimonies, direct impressions and details of the Pugachev uprising. He visited Sukonnaya Sloboda, looked at Shanaya Gora (now Kalinin St.). It was here in 1774 that Pugachev began his attack on Kazan. Pushkin drove along the Siberian tract, where the equestrian legion was defeated by Pugachev, and also visited the village of Tsaritsyno, where fierce battles with the government army were going on among the Pugachevites.
Kazan is a city with a rich history. It is possible that subsequent generations of Kazan residents will treat the great heritage with the same respect, and the monument to the poet near the opera house will continue to serve as a link connecting different eras.
