At St. Petersburg's Urban Planning Council, the preliminary design… (памятник · лавров · кирилл)
At St. Petersburg's Urban Planning Council, the preliminary design project for a monument to actor Kirill Lavrov was discussed; it will be installed in Oranienbaum Garden. A monument to Kirill Lavrov is set to open in St. Petersburg this autumn.
Consensus
- The Saint Petersburg Urban Planning Council reviewed the preliminary design for a monument to actor Kirill Lavrov.
- The monument is planned to be installed in Oranienbaum Garden, located on Petrograd Side.
- The unveiling of the monument is scheduled for autumn this year.
- The project was initiated by the All-Russian Theater Society, the 'Pobeda' Foundation, and the administration of Petrogradsky District.
- Sculptor Georgy Frangulyan and architect Oleg Kharchenko are among the creators of the monument.
- The monument will have a height of 2.5 meters and a base area of approximately 8.4 square meters.
- The design includes symbolic elements representing cinema, theater, and time.
Points of divergence
- The pedestal is made from pink granite sourced from the Ala-Noskua quarry, used in Saint Petersburg's embankments. — fontanka
- The monument has a camera-like beam at its base symbolizing the film projector and actor’s journey from stage to audience. — fontanka
- The design includes an amphitheater with numbered tribunes representing a chronograph of time. — fontanka
- The monument is described as 'intimate' (камерный), reflecting Lavrov’s non-grandiose, artistic nature rather than political prominence. — fontanka
- The central figure of the monument will be in motion, and the pedestal has a circular shape resembling an ancient amphitheater. — interfax
Coverage (2 sources)
- Camera-lens Kirill Lavrov in the projector beam. The city council discussed a sketch of a monument to the actor — Фонтанка
- A monument to Kirill Lavrov will be unveiled in St. Petersburg this autumn — Интерфакс