Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

On the east side of the square in front of the the Monument to the Conquerors of Space are five busts of Russian cosmonauts, placed in October 1967 for the 10th anniversary of launching the first artificial satellite.

летчик-космонавт ссср ЮРИЙ ГАГАРИН Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Yuriy Gagarin 1. Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин / Yuriy Alekseyevich Gagarin Klushino 1934 - Novosyolovo 1968 Soviet pilot and cosmonaut; the first human being to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961 (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Lev Yefimovich Kerbel' Signed: лепил ск. Л. Кербель (mold sc. L. Kerbel')

летчик-космонавт ссср ВАЛЕНТИНА ТЕРЕШКОВА Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Valentina Tereshkova 2. Валентина Владимировна Терешкова / Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova Bol'shoye Maslennikovo, Yaroslavl Oblast 1937 Soviet cosmonaut, and was the first woman in space (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Grigoriy Nikolayevich Postnikov Signed: скульптор ПОСТНИКОВ Г. 1967 г. (sculptor Postnikov, G., 1967)

летчик-космонавт ссср ПАВЕЛ БЕЛЯЕВ Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Pavel Belyayev 3. Павел Иванович Беляев / Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev Chelishchevo 1925 - Moscow 1970 First commander of the cosmonaut corps; commanded the historic Voskhod 2 mission which saw the first man walk in space in 1965 (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Andrey Petrovich Faydysh-Krandiyevskiy Signed (left): лепил ск. ФАЙДЫШ (mold sc. Faydysh)

летчик-космонавт ссср АЛЕКСЕЙ ЛЕОНОВ Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Alexey Leonov 4. Алексей Архипович Леонов / Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov Listvyanka, Kemerovo Oblast 1934 Soviet Russian cosmonaut and Air Force Major General who, on 18 March 1965, became the first human to conduct a space walk (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Andrey Petrovich Faydysh-Krandiyevskiy Signed: лепил ск. А. ФАЙДЫШ (mold sc. A. Faydysh)

летчик-космонавт ссср ВЛАДИМИР КОМАРОВ Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Vladimir Komarov 5. Владимир Михайлович Комаров / Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov Moscow 1927 - Orsk 1967 Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer and cosmonaut in the first group of cosmonauts selected in 1960 (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Pavel Ivanovich Bondarenko Signed: ск. бондаренко (sc. Bondarenko)

Signature

All busts are signed on the left side with the sculptor's name and on the right side:
отл. бр. мастера-художника В. Лукьянова г. Москва 1967 г. Главмоспромстройматериалы (Cast after a model by the master painter V. Luk'yanov, Moscow 1967, General Directorate of the building materials and construction details)

Cosmonauts Alley - Аллея Космонавтов

Click here for a interactive map with the locations of the statues.

• The beginning of the avenue is flanked by large bronze celestial and terrestrial globes, sculpted by Salavat & Sergey Shcherbakov.
• At 2/3 of the length is a roundabout with a bronze model of the solar system, sculpted by Salavat & Sergey Shcherbakov.
• To the west of this Solar system model is a large bronze statue of Sergey Korolëv, sculpted by Salavat & Sergey Shcherbakov.
• On the west side of the square in front of the the Monument to the Conquerors of Space are two granite statues, both by Yuriy Chernov and erected in 1981
  • Valentin Glushko and
  • Mstislav Keldysh
  Originally, here was a third granite statue of Sergey Korolëv by Andrey Faydysh-Krandiyevskiy, this was with the reconstruction of 2008 placed in the museum. A new bronze statue of Korolëv was placed along the alley.
• On the east side of the same square is the Alley of the Heroes of Space with five busts of Russian cosmonauts (Gagarin, Tereshkova, Belyayev, Leonov, and Komarov), placed in October 1967 for the 10th anniversary of launching the first artificial satellite.
• On the north side of that square is a granite statue of Soviet rocket pioneer
• and
• Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, sitting facing back down the avenue.
• The avenue ends at the Monument to the Conquerors of Space.

Sculptors

• Pavel Ivanovich Bondarenko - Павел Иванович Бондаренко
  
• Andrey Petrovich Faydysh-Krandiyevskiy - Андрей Петрович Файдыш-Крандиевский (1920-1967), Russian sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Lev Yefimovich Kerbel' - Лев Ефимович Кербель (Sumy 1917 - Moscow 2003), Russian sculptor of Soviet realist works (Wikipedia).
  
• Grigoriy Nikolayevich Postnikov - Григорий Николаевич Постников (1914-1978), Soviet Russian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• MosGid, Скульптуры, монументы, памятники, мемориалы Центрального административного округа.
• Clow.ru, Монументальная летопись, file 40.

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