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File:Socrealizm.jpeg|Soc-Realist alegories surrounding the [[Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw|Palace of Culture and Science]] |
File:Socrealizm.jpeg|Soc-Realist alegories surrounding the [[Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw|Palace of Culture and Science]] |
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Image:Waw-soviet-military-cemetery-relief.jpg|A relief from the [[Soviet military cemetery in Warsaw]] showing workers greeting victorious soldiers. |
Image:Waw-soviet-military-cemetery-relief.jpg|A relief from the [[Soviet military cemetery in Warsaw]] showing workers greeting victorious soldiers. |
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Image:KudrinskayaSquareHighriseStatue Moscow.hires.jpg|A figure of worker over main entrance to the [[Seven Sisters (Moscow)|skyscraper on Rebellions Square]] in [[Moscow]] |
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Image:Mutter Heimat.jpg|The 85-meter-tall statue of [[Mother Motherland]] crowns the [[Mamayev Kurgan]] in [[Volgograd]] |
Image:Mutter Heimat.jpg|The 85-meter-tall statue of [[Mother Motherland]] crowns the [[Mamayev Kurgan]] in [[Volgograd]] |
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Image:Kolkhoznitsa.jpg|[[Worker and Kolkhoz Woman]] monument at the [[All-Russian Exhibition Centre]] in [[Moscow]] |
Image:Kolkhoznitsa.jpg|[[Worker and Kolkhoz Woman]] monument at the [[All-Russian Exhibition Centre]] in [[Moscow]] |
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Revision as of 14:58, 23 August 2010
Soviet-era statues are statuary art as figured prominently in the art of the Soviet Union.
Soviet-era statues most frequently depicted significant state and party leaders, such as Stalin and V.I. Lenin. Communist symbology was of great importance. Such symbolism including portrayals of figures in motion, figuratively striding forward into the new Soviet age.
The sole statue of Stalin in Budapest, Hungary, was destroyed by citizens during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution; no replacement was ever made.
There is a Soviet Statue park (Grutas Park, promoted to tourists as Stalin World) in Lithuania, and a Statue Park (Szoborpark) in Budapest, Hungary.
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Kiev's monumental statue of the Mother Motherland.
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Soc-Realist alegories surrounding the Palace of Culture and Science -
A relief from the Soviet military cemetery in Warsaw showing workers greeting victorious soldiers. -
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The Soviet Army, Victory Monument in Riga
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A monument to fallen Soviet soldiers in Ivanovka, Ukraine
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