«Farewell of Slavianka» («Proshchaniye slavyanki»)

Camera: Olympus Stylus Zoom 115 (Film Camera), 38-115мм
Film: Fujicolor Superia X-Tra 400 (24 Exposures), expired: 05/2007

Info about the object: may 8, 2014, at the Belorussky railway station of the capital opened the bronze statue titled «Farewell of Slavianka».

The monument, created by a team under the direction of people's artist of Russia Salavat Shcherbakova, installed on the area between the station building and the railroad tracks. He is a bronze statue of a soldier in the uniform of the First World war and a girl who says goodbye to him, gently touching the soldier's shoulder.
The sculpture is slightly greater than 2 meters, not counting the bayonet on the rifle, which the soldier over his shoulder. Monument does not have a high pedestal. He stands almost on the pavement, surrounded by a bronze ring of the written word is the most common version of poems to the music of the famous March «Farewell of Slavianka» («Proshchaniye slavyanki») composer Vasily Agapkin.

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