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Fiction is a creative reflection of human life, including many places that exist in reality. What a trembling feeling of delight is evoked by the lines of the work in which we find the name of our city with the exact indication of a street or some famous house!
There are places that everyone knows: for example, Patriarch's Ponds or Winter Palace, Peter and Paul Fortress or Griboedov's House. Much has been said and written about them, but interest in them still does not wane. But how many little-known or completely unknown toponyms are there in literature? Where do writers get them from? Maybe they just made them up? But our life is full of secrets: what if some of the streets, houses, squares, bridges depicted in books exist in reality? After all, this means that there are people who live not far from them or remember what they look like!
Of course, residents of capitals and big cities manage to come across places in works that actually exist much more often - moreover, they are located somewhere in the neighborhood. But other settlements often found their way onto the pages of books. The main thing is that they are real, recognizable and have their own history. It is interesting to know whether the author personally visited there - or maybe he only read or heard from friends about this or that estate, house, department, park... Nevertheless, these places are described in a literary work, which means they are worth study. We invite you to immerse yourself in this mysterious world.
First you need to decide what you will research. As a basis, you can take any building, house, street, bridge, square, prison - anything that actually exists or can be guessed under another name. Having decided on the author and the work, you write out an excerpt (or excerpts, if this text contains several descriptions of the object being studied), and then our investigation begins!
In what period did the author work? How accurately does his work depict the place being studied? You can reconstruct its history through sources of information such as text illustrations, old photographs, archival records, notes in popular science magazines, and much more.
You will try to recreate historical picture, determine the possibility of a personal visit to the place described by the author, find out how closely his fate is connected with this place. Trace all the changes that have occurred since the description, make inquiries in the archive or library - maybe you come across an old photograph or some interesting notes - and tell everyone about your scientific discoveries.
In conclusion, be sure to photograph the object under study - its current state very important for research. If for some reason it is impossible to take a photo yourself, you can take a photo from the Internet, just don’t forget to sign it.
It may happen that several questionnaires are filled out about the same place. This is simply wonderful - this approach will give our scientific research credibility.
Russian State Children's Library together with State Museum history Russian literature them. V.I. Dalya, the Russian Geographical Society, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, continues the All-Russian project “Symbols of Russia”.
This year the project is dedicated to the Year of Ecology and Specially Protected Areas in the Russian Federation and is carried out with the information support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The project consists of two parts: the All-Russian Literary and Geographical Competition “Symbols of Russia” and the All-Russian Literary and Geographical Olympiad “Symbols of Russia”.
Until October 20, 2017, the Russian State Children's Library will accept children's questions about natural objects and territories of Russia and their reflection in classical Russian literature. An authoritative jury will determine the best questions.
The authors of the best questions will receive not only diplomas and gift certificates from the Labyrinth online store, but will also become authors All-Russian Olympiad"Symbols of Russia".
November 23, 2017 In each region, it is planned to hold the Olympics among schoolchildren in two age categories: from 8 to 10 years and from 11 to 14 years. The winners of the Olympiad will receive diplomas and book gifts.
Congratulations to the teaching community on their professional holiday! We hope that the literary and geographical project “Symbols of Russia” will be supported by you and your colleagues from educational and cultural institutions. We are confident that its successful implementation will allow us to build effective interdepartmental cooperation that will help attract children to reading and increase interest in the nature and literature of our country.
Muse of wanderings - Africa.
(African theme in the poetry of N. Gumilyov).
1. Relevance.
2. Goals.
3. Objectives.
4. Introduction
5. Practical stage.
6. Creative work groups.
7. Final stage project.
8. Application (presentations, slide shows, student work, photos and videos)
PROJECT TYPE: integrated,
creative,
research,
long-term
IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE: since January 2015
DURATION OF THE PROJECT: 2 years
PROJECT PARTICIPANTS: 11th grade students,
subject teachers
PROJECT PRODUCT: lesson script,
presentations
slideshow
METHODS AND TECHNIQUES:1. Working with maps
2.questioning students
3. cards
5. analysis scheme
poems
6. drawing
Relevance of the project:
This project represents integration - binary academic disciplines: geography and literature, creative search and scientific research of 11th grade students of the Majalis secondary school of the Kaitag region.
Our creative project consists of studying the geographical theme of Nikolai Gumilyov’s poetry, scientific research devoted to his travels across the Dark Continent, letters and personal diaries poet, lyrical works from the series “Tent”. It is of interest to students and will help them prepare for the exam in literature and geography in the form of the Unified State Exam, as well as broaden their horizons and improve their cultural status. Studying the biography of the Acmeist poet Silver Age prompted us, the authors of the project, to the desire to see Africa through the eyes of a poet and traveler, as well as to the desire to involve students in search and co-creation. The project presents file documents, development of integrated lessons, presentations, videos and photographs.
It includes following topics in literature and geography:
1.Africa is an ideal continent.
2.Poet and ethnographer Nikolai Gumilyov.
3.Africa through the eyes of a poet (through the prism of poems)
4. Gumilev’s contribution to the study of Africa.
Project goals:
summarize knowledge on the continent of Africa;
give an idea of the personality of Gumilyov, a poet and geographer, and the peculiarities of his worldview;
introduce students to the “African Diary of a Poet” and the cycle of poems “Tent”;
show the exotic nature of Africa through the eyes of a romantic poet;
through Gumilyov’s poetry, reveal the features of life, traditions and culture of the peoples of the African continent; get acquainted with the features of the African continent, master the ability to identify the civil servant, and work with different maps. Get acquainted with the reasons for the appearance of African motifs in Gumilyov’s lyrics.
Project objectives :
introduce students to Gumilev’s poetry dedicated to Africa;
connect literary image with geographical images and concepts together, developing the emotional sphere of students;
develop a sense of beauty and creative abilities in students.
Based on basic knowledge, we will study the geographical location of Africa and the history of exploration of the continent. Let's get acquainted with some amazing features of the nature of the “ideal continent”.
Develop skills: overlaying maps of various subjects, determining coordinates, orienting on a map, working with additional sources of information.
Fostering such qualities as patriotism, collectivism, pride in the unique natural objects of the Earth, love of nature.
Equipment:
Physical world map;
Physical map of Africa;
Slideshow “Oh! This Africa!
Illustrations on the board;
Audio accompaniment “Sounds of the sea”, “African motives”;
Personal set (table “Records of Africa”, test card, atlas, outline of Africa, pencil, fountain pen, eraser, notebook) geographical maps,
exhibition of books by N. Gumilyov,
exhibition of creative works by students dedicated to Africa.
During the project, students are divided into two groups: literary scholars and geographers.
Introduction
Gumilev - poet of geography...
He perceives the Universe as a living map... he belongs to the Columbus dynasty, - words Yu. Aikhenvald's works fully reflect the worldview of the poet and geographer. The personality of this person is interesting and extraordinary, his biography is fascinating. As for his work, it seems that his contemporaries were not Blok and Mayakovsky, but poets of previous centuries, because his poetry touches on themes far from modernity: the romance of travel, the wind of distant travels, love, chivalry and military valor. It was as if he was late to be born and was in no hurry to the future, remaining himself. He felt good in this world he himself created, which is why his poems are plot-driven and interesting to romantics and restless people, lovers and dreamers. Writer Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin compared him with “a wild and proud bird of passage”
and asserted: “The knight errant, the aristocratic vagabond - he was in love with all eras, countries, professions and positions where human soul blossoms in daring heroic beauty.” These words are the key to understanding the essence of the character of the poet, whose work we are getting acquainted with today. But no one can say more about the poet than he does in his poems. The poetry of Nikolai Gumilyov is a whole independent world, which you can recognize if you read it, think about it, correlate time and events, hear the voices of his contemporaries, understand the essence of his extraordinary personality. This man made himself. By nature he was ugly, clumsy, painfully shy and constrained. But failures and sorrows did not bother him, and his character was strengthened in trials. That’s why in his later photographs we see a significant face glowing with nobility. He was able to build his life the way he wanted. He managed to publish several collections of poetry, make many trips abroad (including dangerous African ones), and became a recognized literary master, one of the founders of the “Workshop of Poets” and a new literary movement - Acmeism. He fought bravely at the front in 1914 and became a holder of two St. George's Crosses, which were given for exceptional courage. The world that those around him were content with was small and pale for Gumilyov; his soul demanded distances and impressions. Gumilyov's poetry was distinguished by a cult masculinity; the hero of his poems perceives life as the struggle of a strong man with trials. Hence Gumilyov’s frequent trips to Africa, hunting, searching for dangers.
Africa healed all mental wounds, and Gumilyov always strove for it. Secretly from his parents, to whom the poet's friends regularly sent prepared letters, he set off on his first African trip, planning to visit Istanbul, Izmir, Port Said and Cairo. Since then, Africa has occupied an extremely important place in his life and work. She filled his soul with new, unusually sharp impressions, strengthened his self-confidence, and gave him rare sensations and images. During his second trip (1908), Gumilyov visited Egypt, and on his third (1909) he reached Abyssinia.
The most significant was the last, fourth trip. In 1913, a fortunate opportunity arose: the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography wanted to assemble an African collection. The purpose of the trip is to take photographs, collect ethnographic and zoological collections, record songs and legends. The day before departure, Gumilyov fell ill - they decided it was typhus: high fever, severe headache. But two hours before the train left, he asked for water for shaving, shaved, packed his things, drank a glass of tea and cognac and left. Alexei Tolstoy recalled: “Gumilyov brought yellow fever, beautiful poetry, a stuffed black jaguar he killed, and Negro weapons from Africa.”
The book of poems “Tent” is permeated with the spirit of this trip. The collection brought from Africa, according to experts, is in second place in its completeness after the collection collected by Miklouho-Maclay. It is located in the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography.
I go there to touch savage things,
What I once brought from afar,
Smell their strange, familiar and ominous smell,
The smell of incense, animal hair and roses.
Practical stage of the project.
Learning is divided into four creative groups who work independently in accordance with the tasks indicated on the cards. It is important that the children are able to present a vivid story about the poet, read and analyze poetry in ten minutes, therefore, for the best result, responsibilities in the group must be distributed in advance.
GAME-QUIZ "Africa"
1. Whoever discovered the Cape of Good Hope circumnavigated the southern tip of the continent.
2. Who opened new way to India.
3. A famous traveler, he traveled 6354 km from Central Africa to the west coast, and then to the east of the continent of Africa. The next journey was 1610 km long, which he undertook along the left bank of the Zambezi River. He gave a description of the “Rattlesmoke” waterfall, later he named it Victoria. He spent about 30 years in Africa, studying its nature.
4. Name a potentially active stratovolcano in northeastern Tanzania, highest point Africa above sea level (Kilimanjaro)
5. How many lithospheric plates is the continent located on? Are there areas of collision with other plates? How do you see the dependence of landforms on the structure of the continent’s crust?
6. A huge mountain range with chains around the mountains and many individual extinct volcanoes. The outlines of the highlands resemble a pear, tapering towards the north. The length to the south is about 1500 km, at its widest point the width of the highland is 900 km.
7. The main source of food for the existence of the population in oases. Provides shade, food, and a source of nutrition.
8. Cultivated plant. An evergreen shrub whose roots are rich in starch.
9. The most amazing plant of the Namib Desert. Called the octopus of the desert. Featured on Namibian stamps.
10. Name a lake that is located in the equatorial region. It is replenished with water evenly throughout the year due to constant rains and deep rivers flowing into it.
11. This river originates on the Lundi plateau, flows about 300 km through the territory of Angola to the west, suddenly turns sharply to the east and, making a huge loop, ends its run at the Indian Ocean, passing 2660 km from its source to its mouth. .
Individual tasks group of geographers:
1. Determine the geographical location of the continent: show Africa, extreme points, emphasize the distance from Russia, trace Gumilyov’s travel routes on the map.
2.Working with reference literature:
Using atlas maps, encyclopedic dictionary, students determine that Abyssinia is the second name for the Ethiopian Highlands.
3.What mountainous country do you think these peaks belong to and what explains the presence of snow here?
.Practical work with atlas maps.
Using a physical map, students determine the geographical object - the Kilimanjaro volcano, its height, and using a climate map they determine the temperature in the area of the volcano. Knowing about the change in temperature with altitude and carrying out calculations, they explain the presence of snow and ice cover on the top of the mountain.
8. What geographical features of the Sahara as a natural object did Gumilyov emphasize in these lines?
(Students, using previously acquired knowledge, give a physical and geographical description of the greatest desert in the world, while clarifying what features of nature Gumilev poetically depicted.)
9. Considering the inland waters of Africa, we will turn again to the poems of the poet and geographer Gumilyov. What are the waters of Africa like in the eyes of the poet?
Exercise: find the poem in the text and write down the geographical characteristics of the named water bodies in a notebook.
(Independent work students)
10.The fauna of Africa is rich and diverse, it amazes with unusual animals, bright, unprecedented birds that you will not find anywhere else.
Group assignments (geography):
In the texts of the proposed poems, find references to animals belonging to various natural zones.
Individual tasks for a group of writers:
1.- how does the poet Gumilyov describe the relief in the poems “Abyssinia”, “Sudan”, “Sahara”?
(Students read and comment on excerpts from the named poems)
2.After his first trip to Africa, Gumilyov’s poems changed - they became deeper and purer. He strove there with all his being, because she alone could heal his wounds. The poet Sahara was especially impressed by the “eternal glory of sand.” Perhaps Sahara is the personification of passion and power. The poet describes it accurately and figuratively.
3. Assignments (literature):
Find comparisons and epithets in the text of the poem. Determine the color and sound perception of the Sahara by the author.
For the poet, the waters of Africa are not just vital objects, but also divine beauty, which is just as necessary for a person to be spiritually rich. The poet writes enthusiastically about her.
4. Poetry competition.
Creative work I study:
Eloquence competition (continue the phrase - make a statement on the topic “Poetry is ....”, Geography is ...”)
Creating a presentation about the deserts and lakes of Africa
Making a video about the fauna of Africa.
Creation of a video based on the poems “Giraffe”, “Rhinoceros”, “Red Sea”.
Defense of abstracts on the geographical location of Africa and the biography of the poet.
Competition of drawings on the fauna and flora of Africa and the creation of illustrations for Gumilyov’s poems.
A reading competition with dramatization elements.
Poetry essay competition.
Trivia and games about Africa
Analysis of poems.
The final stage of the project.
While working on the project, we became convinced that Gumilyov was not only a wonderful poet, but also an inquisitive traveler who led expeditions to Africa. The world of Gumilyov's poetry is surprisingly colorful. The poet not only had a sensitive poetic soul and a rich imagination, but was also a remarkable master who masterfully mastered all the techniques of versification. Poet, traveler, geographer, ethnographer: His work allowed us to take a more imaginative look at the nature of this amazing continent, to see the world through the eyes of a romantic poet, noting the colorfulness and uniqueness of everything that he encountered during his trip to Africa. Indeed, “Gumilyov is a poet of geography: he perceives the universe as a living map: he belongs to the Columbus dynasty.” While traveling around Africa, Gumilyov in his poems described the interesting picturesque places that he passed by, the animals that he saw, and showed the amazing flora and fauna of the African continent. We can conclude: that the exotic in Gumilyov’s work was not just a recording of fleeting impressions, of which there were plenty: hunting wild animals, daily risk, rivers infested with crocodiles, that all this was a source of inspiration for the poet, but was also of a research nature. The expedition to Africa was organized by the Academy of Sciences, with the aim of studying the life and life of unexplored tribes, compiling collections of objects of African life. All these objects can be seen in the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography in St. Petersburg.
Municipal budgetary educational institution
average secondary school №11
Topic:
"Literary Geography.
Travel through the monuments literary heroes»
Subject (subject areas) :
Literature, geography
Completed the work:
students of class 5 "A"
Pazukhina Anna,
Perevezentseva Alexandra,
Lebedeva Polina,
Uranova Daria
Leaders:
Parova Tatyana Nikolaevna,
Numberova Natalya Leonidovna
2017
Table of contents
Introduction………………………………………..…. Page 3
Main part………………………………………………………. Page 4
Conclusion………………………………………... Page. 14
Information sources…………………………. Page 15
Applications…………………………………….. Page 16
Introduction
In the format of the second generation Federal State Educational Standard, the problem of integrative mastery of subjects at school is relevant, since the meta-subject approach to lessons contributes to more successful implementation of educational goals based on the synthesis of borderline academic subjects.
The role of geography as a discipline in the education system is enormous. Its educational, educational and ideological potential is great. Literary geography is located at the intersection of geography and literature.
The use of literary texts in geography lessons is useful: with their help, an image of the territory is formed, developing logical thinking and analytical skills, and activating the thought process. Literary texts act as carriers of information, provide an additional incentive to receive it, and activate cognitive activity.
Relevance of the project : in literature lessons we study works of art, we get to know the characters of the books, imagining them in our imagination. But few people know that monuments have been erected to many heroes in Russia and abroad. This project will be interesting both in literature lessons and in geography lessons,will allow reading schoolchildren to be introduced into the geographical space of their favorite books, and non-readers to be introduced to art book as such.
Purpose of the work: conduct a study of what monuments to literary heroes have been erected in Russia and abroad.
Job objectives:
1. Conduct research into which literary hero the monument was created;
2. Establish where and when it is established who the author of the sculpture is;
3. Expand knowledge about popular heroes of works of world literature;
4. Uto be able to see the connection between a literary work and real life, to navigate the geographical space.
Hypothesis: Cultivate an interest in literature and geography, a respectful attitude towards the creativity of other people.
Subject of research: Sculptural images of heroes of literary works.
Project results: materials can be used in literature and geography lessons
Main part
We all know that people love to erect monuments to their heroes: soldiers and generals, poets and writers, artists and composers.
War heroes and great figures deserve to be depicted in metal and marble. Humanity remembers their exploits and works, honors and bows before their genius. But why, then, in Copenhagen, the monument to the Little Mermaid became a symbol of the Danish capital? Why was a monument to Malchish – Kibalchish erected in Moscow? What made these literary heroes famous? And why was this or that monument erected in this city and not in any other?
A little history.
The sculpture is very ancient look art. She was always held in high esteem and was dedicated to the gods, earthly rulers and generals, great people and historical events. Sculptural monuments decorate gardens and parks, the state rooms of public buildings. You can also find small figurines at home.
The tradition of erecting sculptural monuments to heroes of literary works was born relatively recently, but many such monuments have already accumulated in the world, and this means that people value book heroes no less than real ones.
Memory in stone and bronze...
Every year on April 18, all humanity celebrates the International Day for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments. In Russia, this holiday began to be celebrated in the early 80s of the last century.
But back in the first half of the twentieth century, through the efforts of N.K. Roerich, the Pact for the Protection of cultural values. The implementation of this idea was the agreement “On the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historical Monuments”, signed in Washington with the participation of the US President on April 15, 1935 by representatives of twenty-one countries. Later, on May 14, 1954, based on the documentation of the Covenant, the UN conference in The Hague adopted the international “Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.”
The famous ethnographer, linguist, writer and traveler V.I. Dal wrote: “A monument is everything that is done to facilitate memory, in order to remember...” Fiction is a creative reflection of human life, including many places that exist in reality. What a reverent feeling of delight is evoked by monuments to the heroes of books whom we have known since childhood. There are a huge number of such monuments in the world. There are also many places in Russia where there are monuments to our favorite literary heroes.
Monuments to heroes of literary works in the world
Tom Sawyer, the Little Mermaid, Don Quixote and many other favorite characters of millions of children and adults, born from the imagination of writers, have long been immortalized in metal or stone. But these monuments stand in other countries and cities.
Wonderful girl Alice
New York, USA, Central Park. Monument to "Alice in Wonderland"
New York founded by Dutch settlers in early XVII century. Until 1664 it was called "New Amsterdam".
Initially, the state was inhabited by indigenous Indians. The first explorer to discover the city was Giovanni Verasano, an Italian explorer. He named it New Angouleme, and a year later a Dutchman named Henry Hudson insisted on giving the state the name New Amsterdam. It was only later that the British gave the city its name.In 1789, the city was designated the first capital of the United States. This lasted, however, only a year.
New York shrouded in secrets and legends. After all, this is one of the most famous cities in the world. And even if it does not have such a rich history as Rome or Athens, this does not make it any less interesting.
We can talk about New York forever. It is difficult to single out the most amazing facts about him from the myriad of information.
Manhattan Island was acquired by a Dutch explorerPeter Minuit from the Indian tribe for $24.
After the city was captured by the British, it was renamed New York, in honor of the Duke of York, the younger brother of King Charles II of England.
The height of the Statue of Liberty (from the top of the base to the torch) is 46.05 meters.
Just like the Motherland in Kyiv, you can climb the Statue of Liberty. To get to the crown of the monument, you need to overcome 354 steps of a spiral staircase
At the northernThe lakeshore of the Water Conservator USA is home to one of Central Park's most beloved sculptures. This is a group of characters from the now classic book Lewis Carroll's 1865 Alice in Wonderland. Alice seems to be having a reception on a huge mushroom. She reaches out to the pocket watch held by the March Hare, who was the host of the Mad Tea Party in the book.
Alice's serene calm contrasts sharply with the manic expression on the face of the Hatter (Mad Hatter) standing nearby, who is pondering and is about to give out one of his meaningless riddles. Perched on a smaller mushroom and at the same time gnawing on some treat for tea is a timid Dormouse Mouse, which seems ready to run away at any moment in the face of any impending threat.
And over Alice's shoulder the shining face of the Cheshire cat looks out.
Philanthropist George Delacorte donated this sculpture Central Park in honor of his wife Margarita.
The sculptor closely follows John Tenniel's whimsical Victorian illustrations from the first edition of the book. (Appendix 1)
Little Red Riding Hood
Germany, Munich, Am Kosttor 3. Monument with a little girl and a wolf. Name of the monument in German: "GEDENKSTEIN FUR ROTER HUT"
Germany - this is not just one of the highly developed states Western Europe, this is the country of great rivers, the country where the great composers Beethoven and Bach lived and worked, where Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born and created his literary masterpieces.
Capital of Bavaria -Munich is the third largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Its population is 1.5 million people. Bavaria itself is the largest federal state in Germany.
Munich today it is not just a collection of museum and cultural values, but also a large-scale research center. Everyone who comes to Munich finds something interesting for themselves.
For an urban population of around 3 million, Munich and its immediate suburbs have one of the most punctual urban transport systems in the world. Their punctuality is amazing: being a minute late is rare. The Munich tram is the oldest existing public transport system in the city, having been in operation since 1876.
The local population calls Munich in the Bavarian slang Ming, although officially in Germany its name is München. native name"Munich" comes from the German word "Monche", which means "monks".
Most big museum Science and Technology is located in Munich and was founded in 1903. Now there are about 28,000 exhibits related to 50 branches of science.
Homeland of the German"Little Red Riding Hood"is the city of Schwalm. It was here that the Brothers Grimm wrote down this tale, and it is known to the German people in their telling. In the city of Schwalm there is a monument to Little Red Riding Hood and Gray Wolf. There is also a very interesting tradition here: all the girls wear red caps on holidays, and the boys wear wolf masks.
In Munich there is also a monument to “Little Red Riding Hood”, although this is not exactly a monument, but one of the fountains of Munich. It's called "Wolf Fountain".
And it is dedicated, of course, not only to the famous fairy tale about Little Red Riding Hood, but also to the surname Wolf. This monument was ordered by husband and wife Adolf and Apollonia Wolf. Project by sculptors Heinrich Düll and Georg Petzold.
Installed in 1904.The fountain is located on Am Kosttor square. (Appendix 2)
Moomin Valley
Finland, Tampere , Museum "Moomin Valley" located on Hämeenpuisto street 20, in the building of the Central City Library
In FinlandTampere – the second largest and most important city. It is located in the south of the country, on the banks of the fast and rapids Tammerkoski River, which connects two large lakes - Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. Within the city limits you can count about 200 small lakes, which give the area a unique originality and charm.
CityTampere located between lakes Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi, formed back in the days ice age. When the land rose and the rivers could not flow up towards the sea bay, they flowed down to the lowland, where modern Tampere is now located, and formed two incredibly beautiful lakes in the lowlands. On the lakes of Tampere they fish, go on yachts - motorized and sailing, they come to soak up the sun in the summer and just dream, looking at the mirror surfaces of the lakes.
Legend has it that the Eagle Rock Memorial Structure is the place from which the Emperor surveyed the city. The monarch was so fascinated by its beauty that he signed a decree declaring the city free (once again), which meant the exemption of Tampere entrepreneurs from paying taxes and customs duties.
In Finland, the work of the writer Tove Jansson, who created the whimsical world of the Moomins, is highly respected. In honor of her heroes in Naantali, a theme park was created on the island of Kailo. In Tampere there is a museum dedicated to the works of the writer, which include original texts and illustrations for her works.
The Moominvalley Museum can be found on Puutarhakatu 34, home to the Tampere Art Museum, which has recently become the second home of Moominvalley. Previously, for half a century, the museum was located in the basement of the main city library, Metso. On January 2, 2013, he started working at a new address. Only the souvenir shop, where you must buy one of the themed toys or books dedicated to Tove Jansson’s characters as a souvenir, remains at the old address. There also remained a monument to Moomintroll, on a pedestal made of petrified wood, whose age is estimated at several million years and brought from Madagascar. The bronze figurine of Moomintroll was cast by sculptor Matti Calcamo. And the opening of the monument itself was timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the publication of the first book by the Finnish writer Tove Jansson, “The Moomins and great flood", which was published in 1945. (Appendix 3)
Monuments to writers and heroes of their works in Russia
And in our country many monuments to great Russian writers have been created. In St. Petersburg and Moscow there are monuments to the classics with bas-relief images of literary heroes. Bas-relief - from the French. - a convex sculptural image on a flat surface.
The Russian fabulist Ivan Andreevich Krylov is well known to everyone among his fable heroes. In St. Petersburg, in the Summer Garden, there is a monument to the great fabulist. Krylov is depicted sitting in a chair, the pedestal of the monument is decorated with numerous figures of the heroes of his fables. Before this, no monuments had been built to any of the writers. People raised funds, and the organizers organized a competition for the best design of the monument. Baron Pyotr Karlovich Klodt won the competition. He worked on the monument together with Karl Bryullov, who created a portrait of Krylov, and the artist Agin, who painted the heroes of the fables. To do this, Agin compiled a list of animals - Krylov’s heroes, and then gathered “sitters” at his place. Witnesses told what a pandemonium it was: animals and birds meowed, barked, grunted, mooed, cackled...
Adults and children look at the monument with pleasure, certainly trying to go around it from all sides to see all the animals that are depicted on the high pedestal, and then look up at the figure of the poet sitting on the stone, and even the little ones understand that this " Grandfather" was probably very good if so many cute animals remained next to him forever. Today it is simply impossible to imagine the Summer Garden without “Grandfather Krylov” and the heroes of his fables. (Appendix 4)
In Russia there are many monuments not only to writers and poets, but also to literary heroes.
Winnie the Pooh and everything, everything, everything...
Russia, Moscow region, Ramenskoye, Monument Winnie the Pooh and Piglet
Ramenskoye - a large city near Moscow, located just 30 km from the capital. The population of the city of Ramenskoye is just over one hundred thousand people.Interestingly, the city got its name from the word “ramenye”, which means “edge of the forest”. Thus, we understand that on the site of the modern developing city there was a dense forest.
In a city near MoscowRamenskoye
Since 2005, new residents have been registered - bronze Winnie the Pooh and Piglet. Famous characters from your favorite cartoon live not far from Victory Square, on Krasnoarmeyskaya Street.
Author of the story about Winnie the Pooh Alan Alexander Milne (1882 - 1856) - English children's writer. In 1969, Winnie the Pooh and Piglet became characters in the famous cartoon"
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(Director: F. Khitruk). (Appendix 5)
The author of the monument is sculptor Oleg Ershov, laureate of the FSB of Russia award.
In general, the city of Ramenskoye has sheltered many cartoon characters: there is a monument to the cartoon characters “Three from Prostokvashino”, “Crocodile Gena”, “Well, wait a minute! "etc.
“Scientific cat” – for good luck!
Russia, G. Gelendzhik , central embankment. Monument " Cat scientist"
Of course, most people have heard the name at least onceGelendzhik . First, you need to consider general information about the city in order to better understand what we are talking about. So, Gelendzhik, as already mentioned, is a wonderful resort town. It is located in Russia, in the Krasnodar region. Its importance for the country is worth mentioning separately - in 2001 it was recognized as a resort of federal significance. It is located on the Black Sea coast.
Here are some interesting facts about Gelendzhik that even local residents may not know about. “Little bride” - this is one of the versions about the origin of the city’s name. From the residents themselves you can hear many different variations of the translation of the word “Gelendzhik”: “bride”, “daughter-in-law”, “white bride” and many others. The history goes back to the era when there was a slave market in Gelendzhik Bay. According to legends, from here beautiful white-skinned girls ended up in Turkish harems. The memory of this legend is demonstrated by a bust of a bride waiting for her beloved, located in the main square.
The longest embankment. Gelendzhik deservedly got into the book of recordsGuinness, because here is the longest sea promenade in the world.
A worthy rival to Hollywood. On the mountainMarkhotthe inscription “Gelendzhik” is visible, which can be seen even from space. The initiators of the application for the next record worked on the giant letters for six months.
Hydroaviation Center. It's aboutsea air show– a spectacular demonstration of airplanes, as well as other aircraft that perform various stunts practically on the water.
There are 10 monuments to the famous Pushkin character from the poem “Ruslan and Lyudmila” throughout the country, but it was with the Gelendzhik Cat that Dmitry was photographedMedvedev.
Sculpture “Scientist Cat” in Russia,Gelendzhik , was installed on June 6, 2008 at the initiative of the city administration in order to create a special cultural atmosphere on the Central Embankment. The idea of creating the monument was inspired by lines from the poem by A.S. Pushkin “Ruslan and Lyudmila”: “Both day and night, the learned cat keeps walking around the chain…”. The monument to the famous cat is located on , in its northern part, under a spreading oak treeon . But the cat does not walk along the chain, but stands in a robe, with his paw raised up, with a book in his other paw. The book symbolizes wisdom. His hair is tousled and his mouth is slightly open. His whole posture speaks of his “learnedness.” He seems to be teaching those passing by. Hence the subject photographs of guests and residents , who seem to listen to the instructions of the “Scientist Cat”. A member of the Union of Artists of Russia, sculptor Gennady Anatolyevich Panko says that he specially created the image of a “humanized” cat in the monument.
Before important exams or tests, schoolchildren and students come to the sculpture to rub the nose and paw of the “Scientific Cat” - for good luck! (Appendix 6)
Residents of the Emerald City
Russia, St. Petersburg, st. Pravdy 2, Monument to the Emerald City
Saint Petersburg quite a young city, it is only 310 years old. But, despite its young age, the history of the city is multifaceted and rich in interesting facts.
You can talk endlessly not only about the history of the city, but also about its architectural monuments. Buildings built in St. Petersburg before 1917 have been almost completely preserved. From the Neva to the Obvodny Canal and from the Alexander Nevsky Lavra to the port it looks almost the same as before the October Revolution. At the same time, St. Petersburg combines buildings of completely different architectural styles.
Saint Petersburg Over more than three hundred years of history, it has changed several names. Immediately after the foundation was laid, the name of the city was “Petersburg”. Later it changed into “St. Petersburg”. Also, at first the city was called “Petropolis”, and sometimes “Petropolis”. In 1914 it began to be called “Petrograd”, and in 1924 the city was renamed “Leningrad” (after Lenin’s death). And only in 1991 it was returned original title - Saint Petersburg
In one courtyard of St. Petersburg on the street. True, house No. 2 is the most fabulous and unusual place for walking with children and relaxing. The heroes of many people's favorite fairy tales are located there." Emerald City", author Alexander Volkov. The heroes of the fairy tale settled there in 2007. We all know: Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, Ellie, Ogre, Tin Woodman, Faromon, Bastinda, Saber-toothed Tigers and Vilinna.
Anyone can visit here without having to fly in a van through deserts and mountains. The paths are paved yellow brick, so walking through the courtyards, you will feel like you are in a fairy tale, traveling through the pages of a book.
The chronology of fabulous events has been preserved. For example, at the entrance to the first courtyard there is a bas-relief on the facade good fairy Villans. It was she who first met Ellie. The yellow path will lead you to the Emerald City, which is guarded by the immortal guard Faramant, to a meeting with the mysterious Goodwin.
Most of the sculptures are forged from iron, and some are “grown” from copper in a galvanic bath. And only Goodwin is “earthy”, in the form of a voluminous figured flower bed. As expected, it changes its appearance along with the floral covering. (Appendix 7)
My favorite Aibolit
Russia, Anapa, Krasnodar region , Kalinina street, Monument to Aibolit
Anapa included in the list of Russian monument cities as a city-museum of ancient times. It was destroyed during the Great Patriotic War, and completely restored in the fifties. This city has become a favorite vacation spot for most residents of Russia.
Interesting fact:“Anapa was part of the Bosporan state and had a completely different name - Gorgippia. That was the name of the king who christened the picturesque city with his name.”
A memorial statue of the famous fairy-tale hero appeared in the resort townAnapa in 2011. The authors of the projects were sculptor V. Polyakov and architect Yu. Rysin. The structure is made entirely of bronze casting. The monument represents the image of Aibolit sitting in the shade of a tree. He looks exactly like from a fairy tale - in a white robe and glasses. A squirrel sits next to Aibolit on one side and a parrot on the other. There is a sign on the tree with the name of the monument and a quote from the work of K. Chukovsky.
In Anapa, there is a legend among the residents that if you touch a squirrel, joint diseases will stop. Touch the parrot and your blood pressure problems will go away. And if you put your hand on the cross on the doctor’s cap, then good luck will come to you and good mood. True or not, it’s up to tourists to decide. (Appendix 8)
Fly, Fly-Tsokotukha
Russia, Sochi, Arts Square, Monument to the Tsokotukha Fly
Sochi - a famous Russian resort that became popular during the Soviet era. After the Winter Winter Games were held in this city Olympic Games in 2014, its popularity and demand jumped even moremore. Every city has its own history, full of interesting, sometimes even unimaginable events. So and in, which in different times became a place of fierce battles, insidious conspiracies, and fateful events. All this was formed over for many, many years: There is an opinion among scientists that the first people appeared in these places 100 thousand years ago. Prominent figures of art, culture, literature, and politics of their time lived here, or at least visited. Just like beforeSochi as the “summer capital of Russia”, it often appears at the epicenter of events from various spheres of life. This resort town has many features that most people do not know about. We will tell you some of them.
Sochi is considered one of the largest cities in the world in terms of length, or rather, it ranks second in terms of this indicator. Only Mexico City, located in Latin America, is ahead of our resort.
Sochi is the birthplace of Russian tea.
Sochi is the “Russian Riviera”. And this comparison is not at all accidental. It is due to two factors at once: geographical and historical. As for the first, everything is simple here: the Russian resort is located in the same latitudes as the world-famous fashionable resorts of Nice, Monte Carlo, Cannes and San Remo. So, let's draw conclusions, gentlemen.!
Monument “Tsokotukha the Fly” K.I. Chukovsky is in the citySochi . It is located next to the Art Museum on the “Arts Square” and is a bench on which the Tsokotukha Fly sits with a coin. Next to the bench is a whole pumpkin with seeds spilling out.
The decorative bench was invented by Sochi sculptors Vyacheslav Zvonov and Alexandra Butaeva. The fly was made by another sculptor from Sochi, Hakob Khalafyan.
The monument is dedicated to the gifted children of the city of Sochi, donated to the city in 2005 by philanthropist A.K. Asaturov.
Among guests and residents of the city, photos on the bench next to Mukha are very popular. (Appendix 9)
A mischievous monument “for luck”
Russia, Samara, st. Frunze, 128
Samara is a city in the European part of Russia, located on the left bank of the Volga. The center of the country's space and aviation industry. One of the ancient cities of Russia.The city did not always bear the name Samara. From 1935 to 1991 it was called Kuibyshev.
Samara is rightly called the “pearl on the Volga”. The number of residents is approaching three million people; it ranks seventh in the ranking of Russian cities. Samara is the center of economy, industry and culture of the Middle Volga region. Beautiful places in Samara and Samara region attract the attention of tourists from all over the world.
Monument to Buratino openedin Samara in 2013 at the gates of the literary museum of the writer Alexei Tolstoy, author of the fairy tale “The Golden Key”. The opening is timed to coincide with the 130th anniversary of the writer’s birth.
The sculpture represents the figure of a triumphant Pinocchio with a golden key in his highly held hand; at his feet is a large, half-opened book by Alexei Tolstoy. The monument is made of bronze, height - 175 cm, weight - 300 kg. The author of the monument was Tolyatti sculptor Stepan Korslyan. According to the sculptor's plan, externally fairy tale character looks like actor Dmitry Iosif, who played main role in the 1975 Soviet film “The Adventures of Pinocchio.”
The composition was created with the money of patrons of the arts, members of the Cultural Samara committee, who initiated the appearance of the Buratino monument in the city. On the bronze book with the title “Golden Key”, which complements the sculpture, it is written that the composition “Pinocchio” was installed for the 130th anniversary of Alexei Tolstoy on the initiative of State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein.
Surkov Alexey Alexandrovich was born on October 1 (13), 1899 in the village of Serednevo, Rybinsk region Yaroslavl region. From the age of 12, Surkov served “among the people” in St. Petersburg. Soon after the October Revolution he went to the front Civil War. Having been demobilized, he returned to the village. He worked in the volost executive committee, was a hut owner, a volost political education organizer, worked for a village newspaper and even wrote plays for a drama club. Subsequently, he was involved in party and Komsomol work in Rybinsk and Yaroslavl, and edited a Komsomol newspaper.
Surkov’s move to Moscow, where he was elected to the leadership of RAPP in 1928, had a beneficial effect on Surkov’s work. Here he graduated from the Faculty of Literature of the Institute of Red Professorship in 1934. In 1934 - 39 he worked in the magazine "Literary Studies".
Surkov's first poems were published in 1918 in the Petrograd Krasnaya Gazeta, but he considers the true beginning of his poetic activity to be 1930, when the first collection of poems, Zapev, was published. The greatest successes of this and subsequent collections relate to the depiction of the heroes of the Civil War. In the 30s Surkov participates in the work of Lokaf. His songs of these years gained great popularity - “Cavalry Song”, “Tersk Marching Song”, etc. In 1939 - 1945. Surkov - war correspondent, participant in the liberation campaign in Western Belarus, the war with the White Finns, then the Great Patriotic War. In 1944 - 1946 was the executive editor of a literary newspaper. His songs of those years gained particular popularity: “The fire is beating in a cramped stove...”, “Song of the Brave” and a number of poems that were awarded the USSR State Prize in 1946. From 1945 to 1953 - executive editor of the Ogonyok magazine. Impressions from numerous travels and meetings were inspired by the poems included in the post-war collection “Peace to the World!”, published in 1950 and awarded the USSR State Prize in 1951. Since 1949 he was secretary of the Union of Writers of the USSR (from 1953 to 1959 - first secretary). In 1952 - 1956 was elected a member of the Central Audit Commission of the CPSU, and in 1956 - 1966. - candidate member of the CPSU Central Committee. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 4th - 8th convocations and of the RSFSR of the 2nd - 3rd convocations. Member of the World Peace Council and the Soviet Peace Committee.
Since 1962 - editor-in-chief"Concise Literary Encyclopedia". In 1965, a collection of literary critical articles and speeches by Surkov, “Voices of Time. Notes on the margins of the history of literature. 1934 - 1965,” was published. Translated poems by Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Polish, Czech, Slovenian, Serbian, Hungarian, Urdu and other poets. Many of Surkov's poems have been translated into foreign languages. In 1969 he was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor. Died in July 1983.
