How often hectic days parallels between words, whether the man in the street thinks about the origin and meaning of a particular token?The monument - is something that is intended to preserve the memories.Moreover, it is not necessary to be man-made - just thoughts and words.We have almost daily pass by monuments, sculptures, memorials, old or just attractive from an architectural point of view of the buildings, which are in any locality.The hidden history of generations, nations, powers in general.For example, this is a monument to Catherine 2 in Krasnodar.Today not everyone knows that this city in the past for a long time called Ekaterinodar.
Each village has a special appearance, his charm and charisma, attractiveness and inviting some often subtle features that make unmistakable among others.Great city to maintain individuality harder not to lose yourself in a mad rhythm of life, becoming faceless.However, we can confidently say that it does not threaten human settlements, where there are monuments.Krasnodar, for example, boasts a considerable number of them.
gift Empress and the All-Russian autocrat
City Krasnodar already in its very name contains a clear reference to the fact that in its history took place a gift.Indeed, these fertile lands with mild climate and extremely convenient location was a great gift of the Empress Cossacks, who decided to settle in the Kuban.Over time, the city gained great importance for Russia, and the monuments of Krasnodar once again emphasize it.
So, for more than two centuries of existence on the territory of the village there was a very large variety of sculptures.Monuments surprise, delight, cause a smile or tears, in short, the city is filled with life and its streets - meaning.
the footsteps receding centuries
Architecture Krasnodar - it's not just one or another of the building, with a certain cultural, aesthetic value, but also one of the faces of this settlement, which is opened to those who can see and read between the lines.There are many buildings of various kinds, which were built in the XIX-beginning of the twentieth century.They survived the revolution and the German occupation, difficult years of establishment and development of the USSR.There are many noteworthy buildings of the Soviet period.Each era is making its mark in the form of buildings and monuments.
Religious buildings
host of facilities among different confessions special attention should be paid great temple in the city - St. Catherine's Cathedral, the final completion of a century ago and has retained through all the hard times his dome, sanctifying Krasnodar.Also pay attention to the army Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, which is called the temple of the purest white stone walls, soaring, gold spiers.Unusually curved shape of the building looker newly built in Krasnodar Catholic Cathedral of St. Libor.
Monuments Krasnodar belonging to society
No less remarkable and buildings female diocesan school and Kuban community nurses.In the first case, the turn of the century there was a unique project with an unusual patterned stonework, elegant moldings on the facade and stunning stained glass windows instead of the usual glass.Resident communities represented an example of Art Nouveau, embodied in red brick with wrought-iron openwork staircase.It is a new architectural design was and the Mariinsky Academy of Noble Maidens, designed by architect Kosyakin and became one of the most beautiful structures of Krasnodar.
real decoration of the city was the pre-revolutionary and the hotel "Central", surprises everyone with its lightness, elegance, especially air beauty.But the house engineer Batyrbek Shardanova considered building with excesses, but is it possible to look away from the stucco and Baroque elements, relief images of winged lionesses and helmet dome?Such buildings admire its appeal and attract the eyes of passers-by.
can be called masterpieces of some of the local monuments.Krasnodar, thanks to them, remains in the minds of tourists and guests of the city.You can also note built before the revolution, postal and telegraph office.Now, this building is a unique Postal Museum and its central office.You can not go past the complex of buildings of the military hospital and poorhouse.
Another attraction - the Shukhov Tower.It is unique in its design of a water tower.It was built in Krasnodar, in the late 30s.That she was able to inspire the gorgeous Alexei Tolstoy's novel about a hyperboloid of Engineer Garin.
natural beauty
Monuments Krasnodar - is not only sculpture and building, but also the nature.After all, the city is located in a unique area.The abundance of greenery in all its forms makes it very attractive for those who like to walk in silence and solitude, in harmony with nature.So, the old city Gorky Park is famous for its oak trees, more than one hundred years, as well as rare plants, such as ginkgo.
Botanical Gardens can also count on the title "Nature Monuments in Krasnodar."For example, the Botanical Garden, owned by Kuban State Agrarian University, gathered at its nearly 4-hectare area, more than 1,700 species of plants from all over the world, some of them included in the Red Book.This is a very quiet place with little to tame squirrels and bird aviary is quite popular for those who can appreciate the natural beauty of the flora and fauna.
best time to visit the arboretum, which is responsible for the Kuban State University, - the time of flowering of rare lotus, yellow and nucifera.In addition, there is also a serious base for scientific research.See how bloom pale pink water lilies can be on a small lake near the small temple, located on the outskirts of Krasnodar.
Also of interest are more than a century Chistyakov grove with rope town - a real boon for small fidgets Park "Sunny Island" with a private zoo, opened a few years ago the park "Christmas" with a barbecue area.
In memory of the soldiers-liberators
As in the years of the Soviet Union, as well as directly in the Russian Federation Krasnodar sites updated with new instances designed to honor those who fell during the fighting or become a victim of terror.
Years of World - one of the most tragic in the history of the country.They can not forget, and reminders will be superfluous.The very first was the obelisk "Heroes of the Battle of Kuban", which was erected in the last days of the war at the expense of one of the Cossack villages.It is not surprising that the monument is flying on a horse rider with a sword.By the 20th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in Victory Square monument installed in honor of the liberators.
There was a place for the memorial complex.Thus, in the grove Chistyakov for almost 40 years it is a sculpture embodied the collective image of the tortured invaders Krasnodar, whose number has exceeded 13 thousand.
Military brotherly memorial complex, which opened in 1985, tells the story of the thousands of fallen soldiers of the Soviet Union, who were buried in the cemetery of Krasnodar.
White Guard
Bloody whirlwind swept across Russia during the Civil War.Do not they have passed by the Kuban, which is also reflected in the monuments.So, in 1967, it was inaugurated a monument to the glory of the Red Army soldiers who were expelled from the White Guard troops.
In those years, the polarity was obvious: red - good, white - bad.However, the Kuban Cossacks fully never supported collectivization and other innovations of Soviet power.Therefore, the population was quite a lot of dead people who fought on the side of the opponents of the revolution.Of course, all of them have been forgotten, and forbidden to mention their names.Only in modern Russia, in 1998, established the obelisk as a tribute to all Kuban, who fell victims of the Civil War, regardless of their political beliefs.
Monuments Krasnodar dedicated to the soldiers who gave their lives away from home
About three hundred Kuban residents not returned from Afghanistan alive.And the memory of them to establish a monument in the city of the Sons of the Kuban killed in Afghanistan.The basis of his concept of lay character "black tulip", the aircraft, which was returning to his native land of the dead.This monument to this day is a gathering place "Afghans", who come from all over the Krasnodar Territory to honor their comrades.
In addition, there is a memorial complex consisting of the church, the chapel of Saint great martyr and patron saint of soldiers Demetrius, and commemorative arches.It is dedicated to Kuban, who participated in the liquidation of consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, in military operations in Chechnya, Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Transnistria.Do not forget the victims of the terrorist attacks in Moscow, Budennovsk, Dagestan and Volgodonsk, Buynaksk.
Walk of Fame
the bicentenary of victory in the Patriotic War of 1812 and the opening timed Walk of Fame, located at the Mariinsky park.It has become a tribute to the heroes of the first who brought the Russian victory over France: Kutuzov and Bagration, Barclay de Tolly, Ermolov, Ushakov, Davydov, Vorontsov, Gudovich, Rajewski.Organically fit in here and bust of His Serene Highness Prince Grigory Potemkin-Tauride.His lordship, though not related to the Second World War, but left an indelible mark on history.There is also a monument to Suvorov in Krasnodar - a bronze bust of the great generalissimo established in 2004 on the site of one of the lines of fortifications.To what extent is this monument symbolizes the Krasnodar as Suvorov is credited with the final connection to the Kuban region of Russia.
Individuals
Among the city's attractions are many different monuments depicting a particular figure or a fictional character.In particular, inherited from the Soviet Union were the figures and busts of Kuibyshev, Marx, G. Dimitrov, Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin.Especially lucky last, because the image of the leader of the world proletariat is in almost every village of the Russian Federation.No exception and Krasnodar.Lenin monument, installed in the city in the 20s, is the work of sculptor KA Dietrich.This monument is one of the very first sculpture dedicated to the leader of the proletariat, which were made in the Soviet Union.
available in the city and a monument - a tribute to the great poet.The monument to Pushkin in Krasnodar is located near the eponymous library.Setting it was timed to the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of the poet, as the people's love and respect for him did not diminish.Engraved bronze profile, proud posture - so it appears Pushkin in front of guests and residents of the capital of the Kuban.
first monument to Catherine 2 in Krasnodar was built in 1907 and became a kind of gratitude from the Cossacks of the donated land.But life at the monument was short-lived: with the advent of the new government already in 1920, the figure of the empress sent to the smelter and safely forget about its existence.The long road to recovery started in the beginning of zero, and that in 2006 a monument to Catherine the Great newly inaugurated.The cast of old drawings, it depicts the ruler of the wise and truly majestic, surrounded by faithful Potemkin and, of course, the Black Sea Cossack atamans: Anton Holovaty, Zacharias Chepega Sidor and White.
based on movies and pictures
One of the most curious instances - a monument in Krasnodar and Shurik Lidochka.This popular comedy heroes of Soviet times."Eternal student" not otherwise designed to remind the students now in the walls of the nearby Kuban University of Technology on the importance of education.Embodied in the bronze and the great schemer - Krasnodar version of Ostap Bender is located next to the Golden Calf.
monuments of the city of Krasnodar include another attraction - a sculptural composition Cossacks writing a letter to the Turkish sultan.It was created after the paintings of Ilya Repin.By the way, next to the Cossacks left an empty seat, and every guest can sit down town and take pictures with the Cossacks.
About sights of the capital of the Kuban can talk and write, if not never-ending story, it is very long.However, the best solution is not simply to read written by someone line and see their implementation in real-time.Visit Krasnodar, stroll through its streets green, enjoy the beauty of the city.And be sure to go to the local museums do not leave without attention picturesque squares, parks and avenues.And, of course, monuments deserve to his urgent attention.In Krasnodar, no one will be bored, there is always somewhere to go and something to see.
