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Didžioji gatvė 2
(Šv. kankinės Paraskevos cerkvė - St. Paraskeva Church)

Paminklas A. Puškinui ir A. Hanibalui

Monument to A. Pushkin and A. Hannibal

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Moscow 1799 - Saint-Petersburg 1827), Russian author and poet (Wikipedia)
and his great-grandfather Abram Petrovich Gannibal (Eritrea or Cameroon 1696 - Saint-Petersburg 1781), African born Russian major-general, military engineer, governor of Reval (Wikipedia). 		Vytautas Nalivaika
2011

Vilnius / Paminklas A. Puškinui ir A. Hanibalui   Vilnius / Paminklas A. Puškinui ir A. Hanibalui

Description

Sculpture of two hands with a Russian cross; in the palms portraits of Hannibal - Ганибал and Pushkin - А.Пушкин.

Vilnius - Paminklas A. Puškinui ir A. Hanibalui Vilnius - Paminklas A. Puškinui ir A. Hanibalui

Inscription(s)

Vilniaus ir Lietuvos metropolitui
Chrizostomui
palaiminus
Vilnui aukoja
rašytojo Konstantino Vorobjovo
fondas
2011

По благословению
митрополита Виленского и Литовского
Хризостома
в дар Вильнюсу -
фонд
писателя Константина Воробьёва
2011

With the blessing of
the Metropolitan of Vilnius and Lithuania
Chrysostom
Gift to Vilnius
Fund of
the writer Konstantin Vorobyov
2011

Poeto Jurijaus Kobrino
idėja
Skulptorius Vytautas Nalivaika
Architektas Kęstutis Mikšys

Идея
поэта Юрия Кобрина
Скульптор Витаутас Наливайка
Архитектор Кястутис Микшис


Idea poet Yuriy Kobrin
Sculptor Vytautas Nalivaika
Architect Kęstutis Mikšys

Rimandas Stonys
Piotras Vojeika
меценаты
Римандас Стонис
Петр Воейко 		Patrons
Rimandas Stonys
Piotr Voyeiko

Signature

VN

Annotation

Hannibal is baptised in this church in 1708 in the presence of Czar Peter the Great. Unveiled 5 May 2011

Vilnius - Paminklas A. Puškinui ir A. Hanibalui

Sculptor

Sources & Information

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Locatie (N 54°40'50" - E 25°17'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lt028; Photograph: 12 July 2013
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