The above monument was designed by sculptor Ernst Neizvestny and built by Kamil Kazaev to commemorate the prisons to suffered and died in Gulags prisons in the 1930s to 1950's in Kolmya region of Russia.
From Wikipedia:
"It consists of a large concrete statue of a face, with tears coming from the left eye in the form of small masks. The right eye is in the form of a barred window.
The back side portrays a weeping young woman and a man on a cross with his head hanging backwards. Inside is a replication of a typical Stalin-era prison cell.
Below the Mask of Sorrow are stone markers bearing the names of many of the forced-labor camps of the Kolyma, as well as others designating the various religions and political systems of those who suffered there.[1]"
For more pictures, check out the above link to the Wikipedia page.
The monument is on a hill above Magadan, Russia
No comments:
Post a Comment