Artist:
Ivan Martos
Title:
Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky
Year:
1818
Adress:
Krasnaya ploshchad', Red Square
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Sculpture showing the sitting Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, with shield showing Holy Face of the Savior, and a and sword, being called by Kuzma Minin for the struggle against Polish intervention. Standing on a pedestal with two reliefs:
front: Citizens sacrificing their property for the benefit of the motherland. On the left the sculptor Martos, giving away his two sons to his country(one of them died in 1813).
back: Prince Pozharsky, driving the Poles from Moscow.
Sculpture showing the sitting Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, with shield showing Holy Face of the Savior, and a and sword, being called by Kuzma Minin for the struggle against Polish intervention. Standing on a pedestal with two reliefs:
front: Citizens sacrificing their property for the benefit of the motherland. On the left the sculptor Martos, giving away his two sons to his country(one of them died in 1813).
back: Prince Pozharsky, driving the Poles from Moscow.