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Monument to Tambov muzhik, was installed on the 3rd anniversary of the National Unity Day on November 4, 2007 in Sochi park on Naberezhnaya Street . Three meter sculpture of the tiller, located on a low, plow machine gun belt and political slogans .He stands barefoot, peeled, with a cross on his neck, on a patch of his land and looks with longing at the sky and at the Intercession Cathedral . According to the authors, sculptor B . . Ostrikova and architect A . A . Filatova, the figure symbolizes the ruined and mendicant Tambov peasantry of the early 20th century, workers, guardians of the faith of fathers and grandfathers, standing above ideology and politics . This is strengthened by the symbolism of the place where the monument was erected: at the beginning of the 20s of this century, a concentration camp for members of the people's peasant wars s under the leadership of Antonov and those suspected of disloyalty to the Soviet authorities .

Monument to the Tambov muzhik

"Tambov muzhik" quickly became one of the city's brands - in 2011. The Russian Post issued a series of stamps and postal envelopes with an image monument. And its silhouette was adopted as a basis for a special regional quality mark "Tambov products."

Address: Tambov, Kronstadt square.