In this article, monuments of Novosibirsk will be presented to your attention. In a brief overview, we will visit famous buildings, memorial places, and also get acquainted with such a relatively young direction, as a genre city sculpture.
Every year, thousands of tourists come to this city to stroll through the botanical garden, to look at the monuments of the traffic lights, the first teacher, Snake Gorynych.
We will visit a short virtual sightseeing tour.
Novosibirsk
How many monuments are there in Novosibirsk? If you believe Wikipedia, then quite a lot, but virtuality does not always keep up with reality. In this metropolis, interesting compositions, which are an expression of the creative potential of local artists, appear quite often.
It is not for nothing that Novosibirsk is considered to be the third most populated city and the twelfth largest city in the Russian Federation.
So, let's start our sightseeing tour.
Apartment house
This building was built in order to provide housing for the workers of the regional executive committee (in those days 1932–35 it was called the “regional executive committee”).
To this end, Professor Kryachkov was invited. He was instructed to draw up a project and conduct construction from start to finish. The wishes and final plan were as follows.
The building should have from five to eight floors (resulting in eight), elevators, marble trim for the exterior, ceilings of at least three meters. The apartments were planned as follows. Twenty two-room (27 square meters of living space), thirty four-room (72 square meters), forty three-room (54 square meters) and ten five-room (81 square meters). The result was exactly one hundred apartments.
When choosing an external design and interior decoration, the professor was guided by the work of the Frenchman Perret. Also, the building was given a kind of "palace" architecture. It was separated from the avenue by a small square.
In principle, even with a cursory glance at the apartment building, you can see that it makes a major note in the composition of the entire area.
Such monuments of Novosibirsk not only adorned the city, but also won first places at international exhibitions.
"Lenin" sights
As it turned out, there is more than one monument to Lenin in Novosibirsk. If you walk along the streets of this wonderful city, you will be surprised to find two more objects. Let's get to know them better.
So, there are three sights in total: Lenin on Lenin, Lenin at the Palace of Labor and the house of Lenin.
Let's go in order. The first monument was erected in 1927 on the steps of the Palace of Labor, but in the 1950s it was transferred to the public garden. The height of the monument is two and a half meters.
The second monument was created on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the leader, in 1970. It was located on the eponymous square. As conceived by the architects, the monument complements the composition, consisting of the Opera House and the passage of Lenin Street into the square.
The last on our list, but the first in terms of construction time, is Lenin’s house. Back in 1924, it was decided to create a room that "would amaze contemporaries and reflect the contribution of the ideas of the great leader to the development of mankind." But the proposed projects were quite difficult to implement.
As a result, they built a house on Red Avenue by the end of 1925. After the commission adopted its draft version, work on the superstructure and the interior decoration of the premises continued for about a year.
As a result, Lenin’s house nevertheless became the center of political and cultural life not only of the city, but of the whole region.
Clock house
Some architectural monuments of Novosibirsk are connected with other objects of the former Soviet Union with the help of the same architects. So, this residential building was designed by Nikitin, who took part in the construction of the Ostankino television tower.
The design is very simple and minimalistic. In fact, she was half a century ahead of her time. The house was built in the early 1930s, but today it impresses with its functionality. It has two wings connected by a clock tower. It has an elevator that serves seventy-eight apartments.
The monuments of Novosibirsk belong not only to the first decades of the Soviet Union, as it might seem. You will be convinced of it, having got acquainted with the following attraction.
Trading building
The city trading building, which was popularly called the "revenue building", was built in 1910-11. It housed commercial premises for renting to merchants, and on the second floor there were administrative offices. Since all the proceeds from the first floor went to the city treasury, the people jokingly called it profitable.
The style of this structure is classified as rationalistic modernism. He is a little heavy, but still has its own flavor. This building, like some other architectural monuments of Novosibirsk, was designed by architect Kryachkov.
Today, after a struggle with the merchants renting the area, this building has been restored and cleaned of rubbish. It houses the local history museum.
Temple of Alexander Nevsky
To the question of how many architectural monuments in Novosibirsk, they usually talk about the buildings of residential, administrative and others. Our next attraction, which is almost the only one in the city, belongs to religious buildings included in the register of monuments of regional significance.
This object has a very interesting history. According to the records, they wanted to build the church at the request of the people back in 1894. Since they did not find sponsors, they began to collect money "all over the world." For two years, they did not begin to build anything. The process has come to a standstill. The construction was saved by Emperor Nicholas II.
He was returning from his round-the-world trip through Siberia and was amazed at how few temples were en route from Vladivostok. As the chairman of the committee for the construction of the Siberian Railway, the emperor proposed the creation of the Alexander III fund to raise money to help. In particular, it was with the help of this organization that the church was built.
Over time, when there were several similar buildings in the city, it was renamed the Cathedral. It is noteworthy that the Tomsk icon-painting workshop participated in the painting, and the work was done at a fairly low, craft level.
Nevertheless, the church functioned properly from 1900 to 1938, when, by decision of the committee, crosses and bells were removed from it, and the building was transferred to the design institute. Later, a newsreel studio was located here.
Only in 1989 the room was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. And in 1991, Patriarch Aleksey consecrated it again.
St. Cain, 13
Many architectural monuments of Novosibirsk have an unusual and controversial history. The walls of our next attraction remember the fires, slander and much more. But let's talk about everything in order.
So, being a village of builders of the Siberian Railway, Novonikolaevsk was located on the lands belonging to the imperial house. That is, all its inhabitants were tenants, and not owners of land. Therefore, until 1903, the buildings were mainly wooden, outbuildings. After all, if it was not possible to extend the lease, it would be necessary to destroy the building in order to free the land.
On Kainskaya Street, land was leased to a merchant Kuklin, where in 1905 he began to build a two-story house with a first stone floor. However, after the most extensive fire that occurred due to the fault of his neighbor, he begins the reconstruction of the building, in accordance with all fire safety requirements.
Over time, the village receives the status of a city, and residents can buy land for their own use. Thus, Kuklin since 1909, becoming the rightful owner of the land, begins the construction of the estate with a bathhouse and other outbuildings. In doing so, he earned a denunciation from a neighbor (whose fault was a city fire) that he had a “fire hazard bath” in his yard.
The State Council prohibited the merchant from using the bathhouse before the proceedings. And only a month later he was given official permission to wash in his own bath.
When the Soviet regime came, Kuklin and his family had to flee the country. At first, the building made communal living quarters, and in 1986 the building was transferred to the city clinic.
Alexander Pokryshkin
Studying the monuments of Novosibirsk, it is worth talking about the perpetuated memory of one of the honorary residents of the city. Former pilot, air marshal, hero of the Soviet Union, awarded three gold stars. The name of such a famous soldier was decided to keep for posterity.
But the monument to Pokryshkin in Novosibirsk has its own history. At first, a competition was announced for the best project, but all the proposed works were worthless.
Therefore, the winner of the State Prize Manizer, who is its author, was invited.
Initially, the monument was erected on Krasny Prospekt, and in 1981 it was moved to Sverdlov Square (due to the construction of the metro).
Immortalized traffic light
The traffic light monument in Novosibirsk was built on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the traffic police, and the head of the regional department became one of the authors of the project.
It is believed that this sculpture symbolizes the transfer of control over the situation from a person to modern technology.
This monument was erected in 2006 near school number 12. This is the oldest educational institution of a similar profile in the city, and the first traffic lights were placed exclusively near schools to protect children from reckless people.
Sausage
One of the most unexpected and memorable is the sausage monument in Novosibirsk. It is located near the North Chem market.
He was put in the "harsh nineties." The author with his help created a humorous attitude to the economic situation of the country's population. Earlier, there was an inscription next to this sculpture stating that you should not hang your nose because of a difficult life, you just need to eat more sausages. Today, this slogan is on a kiosk standing nearby.
Some perceive this sculpture as a joke of the artist, others as an advertising move. Only one thing is obvious - no one is indifferent to her.
Fairytale residents
One of the most unusual, funny and epic is the monument to the Snake Gorynych. Novosibirsk is famous for its unusual city sculptures, but this one surpassed all competitors.
The composition was created in the form of a fountain in a public garden on Kirov Street. In the center of the pool there is a rock on which the Serpent Gorynych sits. At the foot there is a throne with Koshchei the Immortal, who, according to the great poet, "languishes over gold." By the way, the villain’s appearance is very lively, only a little detached.
Opposite Koshchei is a fabulous pike that holds a “golden egg” in its mouth, apparently with a needle carrying death to the villain.
Few monuments of Novosibirsk boast such stunning and complete compositions. Therefore, this sculpture is one of the most popular and bright places in the city.
