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Манежная площадь

Георгий Константинович Жуков

Georgiy Konstantinovich Zhukov

Strelkovka, Kaluga 1896 - Moscow 1974
Soviet Russian officer in the Red Army who in World War II conquered Berlin
(Wikipedia)

Vyacheslav Klykov
1995

Moscow - Москва / Георгий Константинович Жуков

Description

Bronze equestrian statue. Marshal Georgy Zhukov depicted on horseback, the hoofs of the horse tramples the banners of Nazi Germany

Inscription(s)

маршалу
ЖУКОВУ

To Marshall
Zhukov

Signed:

авторы
СК В. КЛЫКОВ
АРХ. Ю. ГРИГОРЬЕВ

Authors:
Sculptor: V. Klykov
Architect: Yu. Grigor'ev

Annotation

Unveiled 8 May 1995 at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Sculptor

Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Klykov - Вячеслав Михайлович Клыков (s. Marmyzhi 1939 - Moscow 2006), Russian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Памятник маршалу Жукову (Москва).
Moscow International Portal, Monuments and Statues.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 55°45'20" - E 37°37'0") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ru060; Photograph: 9 July 2011
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