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The Chapaev Monument in Samara can be safely called one of the most emotional and colorful in the city. It is located on the same name square opposite the Samara Drama Theater. The sculpture was installed in 1932 in honor of the 15th anniversary of the October Revolution. Authors - sculptor Matvey Manizer and architect Iosif Langbard.

For a long time the Chapaev monument in Samara remained one of the largest in the whole USSR. Its height is 10 meters, the size of the base is 17 by 22 meters

The monument is a whole sculptural group - a total of 8 people are depicted. This is Vasily Chapaev, a sailor with a machine gun, a commissar, a partisan, a soldier and a woman with rifles and two more fighters. For a long time the monument remained one of the largest in the whole USSR. Its height is 10 meters, the size of the base is 17 by 22 meters

The monument to Chapaev was made in Leningrad and then sent to Samara. One of the first sculptures saw the famous state and political figure Sergei Kirov. She liked him so much that he asked the authors to make an exact copy for installation in Leningrad. Today, a copy of the monument is in St. Petersburg near the Military Communications Academy. Budyonny.

It is interesting that the sculpture is very popular with the Samarans. Firstly, the townspeople often appoint meetings here, and secondly, they constantly try to steal Chapaev's checker.

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