Panikovsky Monument at the corner of Downtown and Proreznaya
Perhaps the monument Panikovsky became one of the new symbols of Kiev - another place where photography is sure to have every guest in our city.
Monument to the "man without a passport," the character of the novel "The Golden Calf" by Ilf and Petrov, Mikhail Samuelevich Panikovsky stands in the center, slightly above where the text of the novel by Ilf and Petrov's work "a great blind." A bronze statue of a portrait artist features as Panikovsky Zinovy ??Gerdt, whose human and artistic destiny is largely associated with Kiev.
"Travel to Kiev and ask there, what did Panikovsky before the revolution, and they'll tell you that before the revolution Panikovsky was blind. I went into the glasses and a wand at Khreshchatyk and asked Mr. worse than any help to the poor blind man cross the street. On the other sidewalk He did not have enough hours or wallet ... I paid the policeman on the corner of Downtown and Proreznaya five rubles a month, and no one touched me. "
History of creation
First in 1992 at the corner of Downtown and Proreznaya appeared a small plaque imparted curious what this place had once worked as a great blind. And in 1998 a memorial plaque has turned into a monument, sponsored by the sculptors were Schoor and Sivko.
Panikovsky shown in the image of a blind man walking through the Khreshchatyk - cane, hat, dark glasses, a spoon on a chain in the pocket, and the left hand fumbles in the pocket of transforming the street. The professional pickpocket gesture captured very accurately. His head was turned away in one direction, and the hand knows his stuff! Another pocket bulging - there already is some kind of trophy. The left leg is in a hurry to step on the coin - that no one picked up. If we substitute a mirror and look at the soles of the shoe, you can see the shape of three fingers - a fig. This author's invention of the sculptor - people will bend over to look, and willy-nilly, knelt before the Great Blind.
Panikovsky is respected - this eloquent modest bouquets of wild flowers and bags of yogurt at the foot of the statue.
Address
Street Proresnaya opposite house number 8
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