Any city is famous for its attractions: parks, gardens, sculptural compositions, fountains. Today we will make a kind of virtual tour and talk about the monument to Leskov in Orel.
Brief information about the writer
The birthplace of Nikolai Semenovich Leskov is the village of Gorohovo (Orlovsky district, Oryol province). In the period from 1841 to 1846 he studied at the Oryol gymnasium. In 1847 he entered the service of the Oryol Chamber of the Criminal Court. This gave him rich material for artistic works. He spent the last period of his life in St. Petersburg, but all his life the writer never ceased to feel an inextricable connection with his native places.
Object location
This city is considered the "literary nest" of a galaxy of famous writers. Therefore, there are a considerable number of monuments that are dedicated to outstanding personalities. Only the monument to Leskov in Orel cannot be confused with any other.
Unusual literary sculpture was installed on the anniversary date - the 150th anniversary of the birth of the writer. Place of installation - Arts Square - not selectedby chance. Since in the historical center of the city there are several old buildings at once, which have one or another relation to N. S. Leskov.
This is the Archangel Michael Church (by the way, its mention is found in a number of the writer's works) and a small quiet park - on the one hand, the classical gymnasium where he received his education, and the old building of the Central Bank - on the other. Trams run past the monument throughout the day.
Description of Leskov's monument in Orel
Grey granite and bronze were used to make the monumental ensemble. We see a tired Nikolai Semyonovich in front of us, sitting on a sofa and surrounded by the heroes of his own works. Five sculptural groups are made of bronze and mounted on columns one and a half meters high. Fans of the writer can easily recognize Lyubov Onisimovna and Arkady (the heroes of The Toupee Artist), Katerina Izmailova (the heroine of the work Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District), Ivan Severyanovich and Grushenka (the heroes of The Enchanted Wanderer), Lefty and the three righteous from The Cathedral "".
By the way, the authors of the monument - sculptors Yu. G. and Yu. Yu. Orekhov, architects A. V. Stepanov and V. A. Petersburg - were awarded the State Prize of the USSR (1982).
Today, the monument to Leskov in Orel is a place where friends and couples meet, newlyweds lay flowers on it after an official ceremony, it is from him that excursion routes usually start.
Finding a monument to N. S. Leskov in Orel is not at all difficult: you can get to it using any public transport (the Oktyabr Cinema stop) or by your own car.
The townspeople themselves consider the monument to Leskov in Orel one of the significant and really beautiful city sculptures, which you should definitely visit. Many who admire small forms have a desire to open a volume of Leskov's works. By the way, another monument to the writer was erected in the city, near the shopping mall "Green", a street was named after Leskov, there is a house-museum of N. S. Leskova.
