Riviera Park is one of the oldest and most famous resort parks in the Central District of Sochi. It was founded in 1898 by Vasily Alekseevich Khludov, a descendant of a merchant dynasty, and has since become one of the city's main attractions. The park is located on an area of 14.27 hectares and includes a unique dendrological collection with mor
Memorial "Feat in the Name of Life" (Sochi)
- Category
- Author:
- Views:164
- Edited6 August 2024, 01:54
- Coordinates:
Photos
Description
Feat in the Name of Life is an architectural ensemble dedicated to the medical staff of the city hospital of Sochi, who treated more than half a million wounded during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Located in the Central District of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, at the beginning of Kurortny Prospekt, next to the main entrance to the Riviera Park.
History of creation
Construction of the monument began in 1974, but it was opened only on May 8, 1995, for the 50th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The monument is a steel arch, at the foot of which are marble and granite figures of doctors, nurses and the wounded.
Authors:
- Sculptor: Daniil Ryabichev (Moscow)
- Architects: V.A. Nesterov (Moscow), Yu.V. Lvov (Sochi)
- Completion of the work: Sculptor A. Ryabichev (1995)
Description
The monument is a 20-meter-high steel arch symbolizing the road to life, and a small fountain in front of it. Under the arch are three sculptures: a surgeon, a nurse, and a soldier. The soldier symbolizes all the soldiers saved by doctors during the war, and the medical workers symbolize all the doctors who selflessly worked in those years. The high jets of the fountain create the illusion of living sculptures. Around the monument there is a garden with trees and flower beds, symbolizing the continuation of life.
Significance
During the war, Sochi became the main hospital of the country. Sanatoriums were re-qualified as hospitals and accepted more than 335 thousand wounded and sick soldiers, many of whom were returned to the front. The contribution of the city's medical workers was highly appreciated - in 1980 Sochi was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree.
Address:
Sochi, Central District, Yegorova St., 1
Comments
Login to write a comment
The USSR Mega Museum, also known as the "USSR MEGA Museum", is a unique museum that offers visitors an immersive experience of the Soviet era. Opened in 2017 on the territory of the Olympic Park in Sochi, it moved to a more spacious building on Nagatinskaya Street, 7/3 in the Central Microdistrict in 2021. The museum occupies about 600 square meter
Поющие фонтаны в Сочи, или Чаша Олимпийского огня, действительно представляют собой зрелищное и масштабное сооружение. Вот ключевая информация, которая может быть полезна при планировании визита. Вечером фонтан превращается в красочное представление с танцующими струями воды и музыкальным сопровождением. Лучшие места для наблюдения — у самого фонта
The Museum of the History of the City-Resort of Sochi (until 1980 – Local History Museum) was created in 1920 and is one of the oldest cultural institutions in Sochi. The basis for the creation of the museum was the collection of the Sochi branch of the Caucasian Mountain Club, which existed in the Sochi settlement from 1902 to 1917. The members of
A seven-meter bronze sculpture of Archangel Michael, the head of the Heavenly Host and patron of Sochi, is installed on Kurortny Prospekt in the Central District of the city. The sculpture is located on the esplanade. The monument is a pedestal made of red granite, a twenty-meter reinforced concrete column and a bronze statue of Archangel Michael.
Every movie lover knows where the cult film “The Diamond Arm” was filmed. Leonid Gaidai’s comedy about a meek economist and cunning smugglers became one of the most popular Soviet films. The filming locations in Sochi are marked with sculptural compositions and memorial plaques. The filming took place in Sochi, and the sculptural composition is ins
The Central Embankment of Sochi is a long pedestrian street along the Black Sea coast, located along Primorskaya Street. It is considered the main street of the city and is known as the Promenade, after a similar embankment in Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera. The total length of the embankment is 2 km, from the Marine Station to Pushkin Avenue.
The Sochi Art Museum named after Dmitry Zhilinsky is a cultural and educational institution located in the Central District of Sochi. The museum building was constructed according to the design of academician of architecture I. V. Zholtovsky in 1936. Initially, it was intended for the Commissioner of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of t
The N. A. Ostrovsky Literary Memorial Museum is a cultural and educational institution in the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It was opened on May 1, 1937, in memory of the famous Soviet writer Nikolai Ostrovsky. The museum occupies an area of 1,018 m², of which 550 m² are exhibition halls. The museum's collection contains more than 37,000
Cheese Stone, named for its porous structure, reminiscent of cheese. The origin of these ancient monoliths is attributed to an earthquake that occurred 80 thousand years ago. This place is considered a place of power, where powerful energy is felt. The ancient Ubykh peoples who inhabited the territory of Sochi considered this place sacred and worsh