Trip to Moscow: June 21, 2008 to June 28, 2008
The 17 statues with black background are from the Ploschad Revolutsii Station. "It is lined with bronze figures of the creators of the new socialist order, nestled into niches between the station's broad columns. The sculptor Manizer created a total of 76 statues of soldiers, workers and collective farm workers. Of particular note here is the gender balance in the sculptures. And if you linger long enough by one of the sculptures of a young partisan with his dog, you will notice Muscovites pausing to rub the dog’s nose. This continual rubbing has polished the noses of the dogs to a high shine. During the siege of Moscow, the statues were evacuated to the Ural mountains, just like many of Moscow’s citizens." from Moscow Metro Tour