Monument to Stepan Razin
Monument to Stepan Razin is one of the monuments in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is dedicated to Stepan Razin, the leader of the. The monument is also considered to be an object of cultural heritage.
History
Stepan Razin, the leader of the largest peasant and cossack uprising in the middle of the 17th century in Russia, was born and spent his childhood near the Don River. And exactly from there he marched with his loyal people against the Tsar. The Don has a lot of memorable places connected with the legendary Ataman.In the town of Starocherkasskaya there is the house where he was born. Kagalnitsky town, which was occupied by his army is being examined by archaeologists. Novocherkassk Museum exhibits sculpture of Stepan Razin, a work of E.V. Vucetic. This monument of the famous Ataman, the image of whom has created a lot of legends around itself, inspired many artists. One of them was People's Artist of the USSR S.T. Konenkov and architect L.M. Loban.
All the sculptures were made of concrete at a local factory. The monument to Stepan Razin and his loyal warriors was constructed on June 5, 1972.