Description
The Pushkin monument was unveiled at the main entrance to the Orenburg History Museum in 1982. Sculptor and architect V. S. Stepanyan.
"Alexander" Pushkin visited Orenburg on September 30 (18), 1833 and stayed at the house of Governor Vasily Alexandrovich Perovsky. V. A. Perovsky helped the poet in collecting materials about E. Pugachev for "The History of Pugachev" and "The Captain's Daughter". The poet's guide on the Orenburg trip was an official on special assignments under the governor, V. I. Dahl, the author of the "Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language."
The opening of the monument to Pushkin on the embankment of the Urals in Orenburg took place in October 1982 and was timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the poet's stay in Orenburg region. The sculpture is made of bronze and concrete. The height of the figure is 2.92 m. The sculptor V. S. Stepanyan depicted the great poet sitting on a stone, crossing his legs, with an open notebook on his lap and a pencil in his right hand. A traveling coat with a cape is draped over his right shoulder. The poet's gaze is directed into the distance, as if he is thinking about his heroes.…