Syktyvkar is a city inhabited mainly by Russians and Komi peoples. Both in area and in the number of inhabitants, it is considerable; it is included in the first hundred cities of Russia in terms of population, which is gradually growing and approaching 250 thousand people. This is a record value since its inception. Monuments of Syktyvkar and other attractions will tell the tourist about its history, about the great people associated with this city, about the life of modern Syktyvkar.
First about the name of the city. Unaware of the Komi language, it cannot tell anything. Those who are able to make a translation will immediately understand: a city by the Sysola River. The first settlement was named Ust-Sysola. In 1930, on the day of the 150th anniversary of the granting of city status to him by Catherine the Great, he was officially renamed Syktyvkar (Syktyv - Sysola, car - city). Everything is simple and beautiful.
Eternal Glory Memorial
I want to start my short story about the monuments of Syktyvkar with those to which the townspeople come in the days of joy or memory. They are not forgotten and are always revered by both locals and visiting guests. A lot of them. Among them are the Monument of Labor Glory, the Monument “The Grieving Warrior”, the Memorial “Eternal Glory”.
There is a memorial place in the center, from where conscripts went to the front during the Patriotic War. The city military registration and enlistment office, a wooden one-story house, was a place of gathering, farewell and grief. The building was demolished, the military registration and enlistment office moved, and people did not want to forget the place from where every soldier who went to defend them began the path of a hero.
In place of the old building stands one of the main monuments of Syktyvkar - a majestic and touching composition, dedicated to the memory of Syktyvkar warriors. Mother, wife and daughter accompany their loved one. The authors, sculptor Yu. G. Borisov and architect A.D. Rakin, together with the creative team, managed to convey all their grief and despair, from which arms and shoulders drop. But women in Russia have always been endowed with strength and dignity. A mother with her head held high extends a cedar branch to the bowl with eternal flame - all that she can offer her son now: fame, memory and love.
It is noisy and festive here, when residents, celebrating memorable dates, come with flowers and flags. Usually in the city center, at the memorial, calmly and comfortably. Elderly people rest on benches, young people make appointments here.
Monuments to famous people
In Syktyvkar, they remember and perpetuate the names of people whose life left a mark on the life of the entire nation of the country, the Komi people in particular.
Monuments of the city of Syktyvkar will tell about Kuratov Ivan Alekseevich, who became the founder of the Komi national literature, about Kalikova Domna Fedorovna, the fearless partisan of the Civil War, about the Christian enlightener of the Komi region Stefan Perm, about the leader of the revolution Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
Lenin monument
Near this monument, the Syktyvkarians always tell guests that in 1924, after the death of the leader, their city was almost called Vladimirolenin, but they limited themselves to the construction of the monument.
There has always been a town square in this place. Previously, it was called Stefanovskaya, after the Christian enlightener of the Komi peoples. Almost at the site of the demolished cathedral, a full-length monument to Vladimir Ilyich was erected. He looked into the distance, across the river. The square has always housed the building of city and regional authorities.
A new monument to Lenin in Syktyvkar, in the center of the transformed square, was erected for the 50th anniversary of the revolution. The work of the sculptor Karbel L. Ye. And the architect Datyuk V.K. makes a great impression.
The monument, made of beige granite, personifies the power, reliability and stability of the Soviet government. The granite, mighty pedestal, next to which you feel small and insignificant, rises above the square. From it grows the figure of Lenin, who rests his back on the banner. This is really a monument to the driver!
