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Bratislava
Bratislavský kraj

Námestie Ľudovíta Štúra
(temporary)

Joseph Stalin

Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин

(Gori, Georgia 1878 - Moscow 1953)
Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953
(Wikipedia)

Pavol Bán
1949

Description

Bronze statue, originally on the Stalin Square (at present nám. SNP), later removed.
The sculpture is as part of the exhibition An Interrupted Song: The Art of Socialist Realism 1948-1956 on 27 June 2012 placed on the Námestie Ľudovíta Štúra.

Sculptor

Pavol Bán (Turčianskych Tepliciach 1892 - Bratislava 1959), Slovak sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 48°8'24" - E 17°6'34") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: skbr036; Photograph: 5 September 2012 / updated: 21 March 2015
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