Памятник Робеспьеру | |
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55°45′13″N 37°36′54″E / 55.7537°N 37.6149°E | |
Location | Moscow |
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Designer | Beatrice Yuryevna Sandomierz |
Type | Monument |
Material | Concrete |
Opening date | 3 November 1918 |
Dedicated to | Maximilien de Robespierre |
Dismantled date | 7 November 1918 |
The Robespierre Monument ( Russian: Памятник Робеспьеру, romanized: Pamyatnik Robyesp'yeru) was one of the first monuments erected in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (later part of the Soviet Union), raised in Moscow on 3 November 1918 – just ahead of the first anniversary of the October Revolution, which had brought the Bolsheviks to power. [1] It depicted Maximilien de Robespierre, a prominent figure of the French Revolution. Located in Alexander Garden, it had been designed by the sculptor Beatrice Yuryevna Sandomierz ( Russian: Беатриса Юрьевна Сандомирская, romanized: Beatrica Yur'yevna Sandomirskaya). Created as part of the " monumental propaganda" plan, [1] the monument was commissioned by Vladimir Lenin, who in an edict referred to Robespierre as a "Bolshevik avant la lettre". [2] It was only one of several planned statues depicting French revolutionaries – others were to be made of Georges Danton, François-Noël Babeuf and Jean-Paul Marat, although only the one of Danton was never completed. [3]
Created in the context of the ongoing Russian Civil War and with the country in a state of war communism, there were few materials available to make the statue. [4] Lacking bronze or marble, the monument was instead constructed using concrete, with hollow pipes running through it. [5] This design proved frail, lasting only a few days. On the morning of 7 November only a pile of rubble remained. [5] Over the following days different newspapers supplied varying versions as to why it collapsed, with Znamya Trudovoi Kommuny and others saying it was the work of "criminal" ( counter-revolutionary) hands, and Izvestia stating the statue's demise was caused by improper construction. [5] [3]
Памятник Робеспьеру | |
| |
55°45′13″N 37°36′54″E / 55.7537°N 37.6149°E | |
Location | Moscow |
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Designer | Beatrice Yuryevna Sandomierz |
Type | Monument |
Material | Concrete |
Opening date | 3 November 1918 |
Dedicated to | Maximilien de Robespierre |
Dismantled date | 7 November 1918 |
The Robespierre Monument ( Russian: Памятник Робеспьеру, romanized: Pamyatnik Robyesp'yeru) was one of the first monuments erected in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (later part of the Soviet Union), raised in Moscow on 3 November 1918 – just ahead of the first anniversary of the October Revolution, which had brought the Bolsheviks to power. [1] It depicted Maximilien de Robespierre, a prominent figure of the French Revolution. Located in Alexander Garden, it had been designed by the sculptor Beatrice Yuryevna Sandomierz ( Russian: Беатриса Юрьевна Сандомирская, romanized: Beatrica Yur'yevna Sandomirskaya). Created as part of the " monumental propaganda" plan, [1] the monument was commissioned by Vladimir Lenin, who in an edict referred to Robespierre as a "Bolshevik avant la lettre". [2] It was only one of several planned statues depicting French revolutionaries – others were to be made of Georges Danton, François-Noël Babeuf and Jean-Paul Marat, although only the one of Danton was never completed. [3]
Created in the context of the ongoing Russian Civil War and with the country in a state of war communism, there were few materials available to make the statue. [4] Lacking bronze or marble, the monument was instead constructed using concrete, with hollow pipes running through it. [5] This design proved frail, lasting only a few days. On the morning of 7 November only a pile of rubble remained. [5] Over the following days different newspapers supplied varying versions as to why it collapsed, with Znamya Trudovoi Kommuny and others saying it was the work of "criminal" ( counter-revolutionary) hands, and Izvestia stating the statue's demise was caused by improper construction. [5] [3]