Each city has its own history and places that keep it. Often, walking along the streets of your beloved city, you will notice that every detail has its own meaning, is attached to something and is an integral part of it. Sights that a tourist gets acquainted with and which a resident appreciates are a kind of visiting card of a locality, which allows us to say about the stages that were passed in the process of its formation, tipping points and memorable events. Among them there are monuments - a way of honoring and exaltation of those whose activities and merits, both to a certain city and to the country, are immortalized in the hearts and minds of people. Monuments of Lugansk and their history is a separate world that keeps in itself the memory of the past.
Monument to the author of "Words about Igor's Regiment"
Monuments of Lugansk represent a variety of people and time periods. Among them there is a monument to the author of the "Words about Igor's Regiment". The name of this man is unknown, but for his great services to the Slavic people, his image was immortalized near the building of the regional universal scientific library named after M. Gorky.
The poem about the great campaign of Prince Igor and his troops against the Polovtsians in 1185, “The Word of Igor's Campaign,” is one of the most valuable sources of information about Ancient Russia. I. Chumak, the national
artist of Ukraine and the author of this attraction of Lugansk, portrayed the author of the poem in a sitting pose with his hands folded on the book. Next to him is a shield. This monument is one of the most famous in the city, not only due to the merits of the one who is carved, but also by the laconicism, symbolism of his style.
Monument to Vladimir Dal
In 1981, the monuments of Lugansk were replenished with another, which reminds residents of the city of the activities and origin of one of the most prominent Russian writers and ethnographers Vladimir Ivanovich Dale. The author of the Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language was born in Lugansk, which became the reason for the erection of a monument to him on the 180th anniversary of his birth. It is located on English Street, which now bears his name.
The Dahl family didn’t live in Lugansk for only three years, but this region was forever in the heart of Vladimir Ivanovich, as his pseudonym, taken in 1832, which sounded like Cossack Lugansky, spoke about. On the monument, he is depicted as a wise researcher who is immersed in his work and soul. I. Ovcharenko,
V. Orlov and G. Golovchenko were the authors of this image of Dahl, which replenished the monuments of Lugansk. Describing it as "a concrete rock, almost four and a half meters high, with granite cladding and a copper drift" really delights everyone.
Monument to Clement Voroshilov
Many are impressed by the variety of styles and genres that the monuments of Lugansk possess. Among them stands out a monument to the great military commander, public figure of the Soviet era, Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov. Its history is part of the history of Lugansk, because not so long ago this city was called Voroshilovgrad. Starting from work at the steam engine plant, Kliment Efremovich became the recognized leader of the proletariat, commanded the army during the Civil War, and made the transition across the Don steppes to the defense of Tsaritsyn.
His heroic personality was immortalized by A. Posado and A. Dushkin opposite the city council building. Monuments of Lugansk, photos of which cannot fully convey all their majesty and the idea of the authors, retain the features of past generations. So the monument to
Kliment Voroshilov, which is made in the form of a twelve-meter granite pedestal, conveys the severity and restraint of this man through his soldier's overcoat and true love for the city, which he welcomes.
Monument to Karl Gascoigne
Karl Gascoigne is a man who, although he was not born in Lugansk, was not mentally attached to him, but whose activity caused his image to be included in the monuments of Lugansk. In 1794, this Scottish engineer and industrial reformer in Russia then gave a small town an impetus to development, because his merits are attributed to the creation of a state-owned iron foundry.
For almost eight years, the plant was under construction, and after its completion, Karl Gascoigne took over as director. Having become one of the founders of the city, he received great respect and gratitude from future generations, who in 1995 installed his bust on a five-meter column. In all its glory of the era of classicism, the image of a purposeful pioneer, developed by A. Redkin and G. Golovchenko, was erected near the building of the museum of local lore.