Pigeons live next to people and are in a special position among people. People love them and often hand feed them. Pigeons - amazing beautiful birds. Many people breed these birds, breed more and more new species of amazingly beautiful pigeons, arrange exhibitions of their pigeons. People love to hear them cooing. No wonder they say to people in love that they sit "like doves."
In the Bible and various scriptures, more lines are assigned to doves than to any other birds and animals. It was the dove that brought Noah an olive branch, that is, the good news that there is land somewhere nearby and everyone will be saved. It is alleged that during the baptism of Jesus Christ "the Heavens opened and the Holy Spirit descended to earth in the form of a dove." Therefore, in biblical stories, a dove is often present. Sometimes a halo and radiance are drawn around the dove's head. That is, the holiness of the dove is affirmed.
For mankind, the dove is a symbol of peace, love and fidelity, a messenger of good hope. Many mystical beliefs are associated with the dove. One of them is that doves are the souls of dead people who flew out of a mortal body. Some specify that the soul of a deceased person can move into a dove for a while. And no one can refute this statement - everything is too strange and uncertain in this World.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the image of a dove often appears on monuments. In this case, the dove on the monument is a symbol of the fact that the immortal soul of a person is under the protection of Christ and will be saved. For this Christ offered himself as an atoning sacrifice.
If you decide to place an image of a dove on a monument, then you can do this in several ways: make a bas-relief or high relief of a dove from granite, engrave the image of a dove on a granite slab and place an overlaid figurine of a dove made of bronze.
You can order a bas-relief, high relief or a sculpture of a dove, as on the monument presented above, only on a new monument, the appearance of which is designed in this way from the very beginning, since this is a rather laborious process and must be carried out in production. The dove engraving option is simpler, although in this case it is necessary to involve specialists: both a designer who will determine the most suitable dove pattern, and an engraver who will perform this pattern on a granite slab.
The variant with an overlaid bronze dove is the simplest: the client or designer chooses a suitable figurine of a dove and any craftsman mounts it on the monument.
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In the courtyard near the subway Kuznetsky most"There is a modest monument with a pair of pigeons. Almost nothing is known about it. The only reliable fact is that the opening took place in 2005 and was timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the House of Arts, as evidenced by a commemorative plaque. With great difficulty, we managed to find out that (according to unconfirmed according to data) the sculpture is called "doves of peace", its author is the vice-president of the Academy of Arts of the USSR L.E. Kerbel, cast in 1997, and installed after the death of the author.
Even more versions relate to the meaning of the monument: some say that it is a symbol of peace, unity and harmony; others - that the sculptor decided to capture the attentiveness and silent understanding of feathered friends while he was making another monument; others - that two doves symbolize a small family, support, care and support. There is even a version that, they say, there was some bronze left - so they piled this couple (although the monument is by no means small - its height is under two meters!).
I want to offer my version. I dare to suggest that two doves simply personify ordinary goodness, which we so often lack. And they sat down here so that we, running past in the bustle of our lives, just stopped, looked around and thought about something good.
This monument reminded me of another object - a small modest fountain with a birdhouse.
By the way...
There are several dozens of monuments to pigeons and pigeons and they are installed in many countries (see a small selection in the photo gallery).
At different peoples the attitude towards the sculptures of birds and animals on the graves is ambiguous. For example, images of animals on Muslim monuments are strictly prohibited. At medieval burials, you can sometimes find sculptures of eagles, bears, deer and other representatives of the fauna.
The fact is that in Medieval Europe, at the burial place of a noble person, it was customary to install a sculpture of an animal that patronized his family and was depicted on the family coat of arms.
In the Orthodox faith, the attitude towards images of animals is more relaxed, but the sculpture of a dove on the memorial is welcome. The fact is that the sculpture of a dove on the monument symbolizes the flight of the pure soul of a religious person to another world.
The dove in Christianity symbolizes a deep religious connection with God. For example, after a regular sermon in the Vatican, the Pope sometimes releases white doves, as if sending his message around the world.
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AT Orthodox culture dove sculpture means good news. After all, it was in the form of a dove before the Mother of God that an angel appeared, announcing to her about the future birth of the Savior.
In addition, the white dove symbolizes the purity of thoughts, the flight of the immortal soul, peace, tenderness.
Interestingly, in the Old Testament tradition, on the seventh day after the Great Flood, a dove was released from the Ark of Babylon in order to find dry land.
The sculpture of a dove on the monuments is also known in the Jewish tradition.
The dove on the monument is sometimes combined with an olive branch - a symbol of the Annunciation. A pair of doves on the monument represent family affection, love and faith. The sculpture depicting two swans also means the same.
On granite monuments, sculptures of horses in a harness are sometimes installed as a symbol of humility, aspiration and strength. Bridled horses are especially popular on monuments to the Cossacks.
On this page of the site of the First Social Granite Workshop, you can order sculptures of animals and birds made of very high quality material that can withstand all weather negative phenomena. Sculptures from our memorial service, when installed by our craftsmen, will not lose their original appearance for several decades.
Contact our specialists at the numbers listed on the site, come to our offices in Moscow, order sculptures for the grave directly on this page online.
An ancient myth tells: the god of war Mars, going to battle, began to put on armor. When it came to the helmet, it turned out that the dove managed to make a nest in it and bring out the chicks. The goddess of love Venus persuaded Mars not to touch the dove, and the war did not take place!
Monuments to the dove of peace have been installed in 33 countries of the world, including Russia, the USA, England, France, Germany, Australia, Brazil, Israel, South Africa, and Czechoslovakia.
1. Sculpture of a man with a dove
1-1. The first monument to a dove was erected in Paris on Mayo Square in 1880:
In Paris - for the great help during the First World War. Then many pigeons were awarded military orders of France. Birds, including those mortally wounded, delivered a total of more than 200 thousand letters to the besieged Parisians.
1-2. Later, in 1916, in Brussels (Belgium) a grandiose opening of the monument to soldier pigeons took place:
Both during the Franco-Prussian War and during the First World War, pigeons were used for communication.
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, they hold a dove in their hands:
1-4. On numerous (so far found in 32 cities of Russia and not only Russia) sculptural compositions, life-size and larger angels hold doves:
The monuments are all (!) the same, only the columns are of different heights
1-5. Stockholm.woman with dove:
1-7. Monument of a girl with a dove (Marmaris):
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Pioneer-hero Vita Cherevichkin:
In 1961, a bronze bust of the pioneer hero Vitya Cherevichkin was unveiled in Pioneer Park (Rostov-on-Don). Four years later, the park was renamed in his honor. The monument represents a boy with a dove, which he tightly presses to his chest. The author of the monument is the Rostov sculptor N.V. Avedikov.
Vitya Cherevichkin Park (Rostov-on-Don)
Speaking about the Great Patriotic War, one cannot but recall the story of Vitya Cherevichkin.
From childhood, Vitya kept pigeons, located in a shed at the back of the yard. He, as Anna Ivanovna Aksenenko, his younger sister, recalls, was distinguished by responsibility and accuracy, he studied well. Then he entered a vocational school, because the family often had nothing to eat, and at the school they not only taught, but also fed, and gave out clothes. Vitya was the same as many boys in the city: lively, restless, mischievous and cocky. The passion for pigeons in those years was very common among Rostov boys - and adults too. But no one then imagined that this hobby would cost him his life.
The Germans entered Rostov-on-Don on November 21, 1941. The invaders were outrageous: they robbed shops, apartments, destroyed the school where Vitya studied. Orders were hung on the walls, which ended with the same thing: "Execution." Anna Ivanovna recalls how tanks rumbled along their street. They fired in Frunze Park - the line of defense of our troops passed there. But the Germans quickly broke it. Diagonally from the Cherevichkins' house was the German headquarters. Vitya was shot on November 28 - the day before the Germans were driven out of Rostov by a sudden counterattack by the 56th Army.
Anna Ivanovna remembers that difficult day well:
"Vitya left the house at about two o'clock - he said that he would go to feed the pigeons. Less than half an hour later, a German with a rifle brought his brother into the yard. He led him into the yard, to the shed where the pigeons were. Everyone decided that Vitya would be shot directly there, in the barn. While the German was thinking what to do with the pigeons, the boy threw back the jamb blocking the entrance, and the pigeons fluttered out into the street. They sat nearby, on the roof. Then the German took Vitya to the headquarters. " Toward evening, a neighbor came to the Cherevichkins and said that she had seen how the Germans were taking the beaten Vitya to Frunze Park. There he was shot. Vitya was buried along with the Red Army soldiers who died on the same day. The funeral took place on a cold December day, in the center of that same park, with a large crowd of people. The pigeons flew away on the same day that Vitya was shot. Until dark they sat on the roof of the barn, and in the morning they were gone.
Why was Vitya Cherevichkin executed? Did he carry out the tasks of our military? This will most likely remain a mystery. Vitya protected his relatives and did not tell much. But it is not so important whether Vitya helped the Soviet intelligence officers or not, the main thing is that he uncovered the most formidable and most terrible weapon for any invader - he showed the enemy that he despises and is not afraid of him.
Anastasia Sidenko
1-9. Volgograd, planetarium (Mira street):
1-10. Moscow city. Sculpture of a boy with a dove:
Monument on the territory of the Children's Musical Theater on Vernadsky Avenue.
1-11. Almaty, Astana Square (Old Square):
1-13. With. Kotovka, Dnepropetrovsk region, Ukraine:
1-14. Monuments of mother, child and with them - a dove.
1-14-1. Rostov - on Don, a monument to the mother on Theater Square:
1-14-3. Sculpture Mukhina "We demand peace!" returns to Museon Park
MOSCOW, August 7, 2013 - RIA Novosti. The sculptural composition "We demand peace!", Made in the 1950s by Vera Mukhina as a protest against the war in Korea, returns after restoration to the Museon Arts Park in the capital on Wednesday, RIA Novosti was told in its press service.
The statue is a group of six marching figures, led by a woman, from whose hand a dove flies - a symbol of peace. Previously, the work was in the area of the All-Russian Exhibition Center, where another and most famous creation of Mukhina is located - "Worker and Collective Farm Woman".
In the mid-1990s, "We demand peace!" she was sent to the Muzeon Park of Arts, where she entered with significant losses - in particular, only three of the six figures were exhibited.
Restoration of the monument began a year ago. As specified in the press service of "Museon", the lost fragments were restored by removing contact forms from the plaster original from the funds of the State Russian Museum and further casting these elements in bronze. Then they were fitted at the place of loss and mounted using internal rigid steel structures. After installation, the new parts were aged in a special way so as not to stand out from the background of the historical ones.
The grand opening of the monument took place in the park at six in the evening, 07.08.13.
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-14-4. Kharkiv, statues in front of the Women's Health Center on the street. Ivanova, 30:
In Kharkiv, two statues were installed in front of the Women's Health Center. Some local residents claim that the statues are connected by a single design and symbolize the Mother of God. One statue you see in the photo is of a woman with a baby in her arms. Another statue depicts the same woman holding a dove.
According to Kharkiv residents, the dove symbolizes the holy spirit, and the child symbolizes Christ, i.e. first, the holy spirit appeared to the woman, and as a result, a child appeared.
1-15. Monuments with a dove - a symbol of the Holy Spirit.
Alexy II was born in Tallinn, in 1961-1986 he ruled the Tallinn diocese. AT Soviet time he managed to save the Pyukhtitsky Monastery from being turned into a rest home, and the Tallinn Alexander Nevsky Cathedral - into a planetarium. Alexy was elected patriarch in 1990, his ministry continued until his death in 2008. In 2009, the square in front of the church under construction in Lasnamäe was named after the deceased primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
1-15-1. Yoshkar-Ola. Monument to His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II:
The monument by People's Artist of Russia Andrei Kovalchuk depicts the founder of the Yoshkar-Ola and Mari diocese, Alexy II, releasing a dove into the sky.
... In his left hand is a patriarchal staff, in his right hand raised to the sky is a dove. The gaze is fixed on the Resurrection Cathedral and Orthodox churches that have appeared in recent years on the right bank of Malaya Kokshaga
1-15-2. Moscow, lobby of the main building of the Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center. Monument to His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II:
An expanded meeting of the Academic Council dedicated to the opening of the first monument in Moscow to His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, who was an honorary doctor of the Pirogov Center, was held at the National Medical and Surgical Center named after N. I. Pirogov in the capital.
A bronze monument depicting Patriarch Alexy II with a dove in his hand was created in St. Petersburg and donated to the Center by an unknown master.
- Alexy II blessed the creation of the Pirogov Center and the construction of a temple on its territory, in honor of Nicholas the Wonderworker. His third blessing was for the creation here of the center of chest surgery named after St. George, where they operate on the heart and lungs, - said the president of the Center, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Colonel-General of the Medical Service, Priest Yuri Shevchenko.
The monument is installed in the lobby of the main building of the complex.
2. Pigeon without a person
2-1. In London pigeons were awarded a monument already for their participation in the Second World War. The monument was erected to a dove who managed to get to the base from a sunken English submarine in a severe storm:
The boat was damaged by fascist planes, the ascent system failed. The last hope remained - two military carrier pigeons that were with the sailors on a combat mission. Notes with the coordinates of the boat were attached to the paws of the birds and the pigeons were released with the help of a torpedo capsule. The dove died, but the dove flew and saved people. Pigeons were driven by a great instinct, which serves them, like all birds, as a guiding star in long flights. And from this, the monuments to pigeons become even more valuable, because they are gratitude to the great nature.
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In Moscow, on Rozhdestvenka Street, not far from the Kuznetsky Most metro station, a monument to pigeons was erected:
In Moscow, on Rozhdestvenka Street, not far from the Kuznetsky Most metro station, you can find a small monument to a pigeon couple. The sculpture adorns the courtyard of the Central House of Artists. The dove is a bird of the world, an honored city dweller. This touching small monument is ranked among the informal sights of Moscow.
This beautiful little one pigeon monument, which is installed in Moscow near the metro station "Kuznetsky Most" in the courtyard of the Central House of Artists (Central House of Art Workers). No information about the monument could be found. But I think that there were no celebrations about the opening either. It's just that one of the visitors to the Central House of Arts presented a gift in the form of this small monument to pigeons. Most likely, one of the sculptors had some bronze left after completing work on some huge monument, and so that the metal would not disappear, the sculptor decided to create a small monument to those who had been following his work all this time. After all, it has happened many times that when a person lives alone or for a long time does not communicate with any of the other people, then he finds himself an interlocutor in the form of others. And be it a spider, pigeons, a dog, a cat, etc. it doesn't matter, the main thing is that these creatures become very close, because they are with you every day.
2-3. In the United States, on the banks of the Wisconsin River, there is a memorial to the passenger pigeon:
In the United States, on the banks of the Wisconsin River, there is a memorial to the passenger pigeon. Until the 19th century, this bird was one of the most common on Earth, but was destroyed by poachers. The passenger pigeon was common in deciduous forests North America, last time in wild nature it was discovered in 1900 in Ohio, USA. The last passenger pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoological Garden (USA) on September 1, 1914.
2-4. Vyazma. A monument in honor of the Vyazmichi who died in local military conflicts appeared near the Alley of Memory on Sovetskaya Square :
Near the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, at the Alley of Memory in honor of the Vyazmichi who died in the performance of constitutional military duty, a monument appeared. This is a huge granite boulder of natural origin, from which bronze doves take off into the sky.
Since ancient times, many legends have been composed about doves as messengers of peace, symbols of striving for the future, creation and love. Birds also symbolize the souls of the dead, who have found peace and freedom.
In this case, doves flying into the sky near the Alley of Memory near the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin are symbols of the souls of soldiers and officers who died for a peaceful future, who fell in battle, doing their duty, protecting their comrades. It is not for nothing that the scripture says: “There is no greater love than if someone lays down his life for his friends.”
It was these words of the Holy Scriptures, containing the meaning of self-denial, that formed the basis of the soldier's commandment, formulated by a prominent military theorist of the second half of the 19th century, General M.I. Dragomirov: "Don't think about yourself, think about your comrades, your comrades will think about you. Die yourself, but save your comrade."
2-5. Moscow. May 9, 2005 in Moscow A monument to the soldiers of the Fatherland of the 20th century was solemnly opened:
2-6. Dove hand monument in Malaga, Spain:
2-7. Fat pigeon in Singapore:
At the monument with a dove of peace, a real tree branch sticks out in its beak.
2-9. "Doves of Peace" in Angarsk:One of the most modern is the "Doves of Peace" monument in Angarsk, which is a sculptural image of a flock of birds from 17 doves circling above the ground.
In April 2005, on the occasion of the great holiday of Victory Day, opposite the entrance to the Victory Museum, the opening of the monument "Doves of Peace", the author of which is Sergey Nazarov, took place. The monument is impressive in size. The weight of each bird is 250 kilograms! And the total weight is 8 tons. The height of the composition is 8 meters. Now, when citizens and guests of the city come to the Victory Museum, everyone is met here by peaceful birds frozen in flight, symbolizing the Victory, peaceful life and the construction of the city that has begun.
2-10. in France, in Lille. Monument to the dove-soldier (military field post office):
The first monument to a dove was erected in Paris on Mayo Square in 1880. Later, in 1916, in Brussels (Belgium), a grandiose opening of a monument to soldier pigeons took place. Both during the Franco-Prussian War and during the First World War, pigeons were used for communication.
2-11. Samara. Monument to carrier pigeon:
2-12. In the UK, they paid tribute to the pigeon - this bird saved a British submarine in 1942 by delivering a message to the shore about an engine failure.
2-13. Monument to the dove of peace in Klang:
On the roof of one shopping centers in the Indian quarter, opposite the mosque, he discovered a monument to the dove of peace - he sits on a globe with a palm branch in his beak. Photographed from all angles
- Address:Jalan Tengku Kelana
Yasukuni Shrine (Pacification of the Nation, Shrine of Peace in the Country) is a Shinto shrine. In the days new year holidays it is crowded, although here, unlike most temples, they worship not kami (spirits, moreover, as in the form of animals, people, stones, etc.), but the souls of warriors who died for Japan and the Emperor. The supreme deity of the temple is the Emperor of Japan.
The figurine of a dove appeared in 1982, the bird sits on the globe.
2-19. Ivanovskoye (Moscow region), a monument to a silver dove (t only legend, no photo found yet ):Monument to the silver dove is located very close to the entrance to the government of the district, since it is he who is the main symbol of the district. Very often visiting tourists wonder why the silver dove is the main sign of the city. The bottom line is that the Ivanovskoye district itself was a very small village a long time ago, and it was back in the days of ancient rus even in times of constant wars and battles. Very often, a large number of various troops came to this village and a large number of residents gathered for a meeting about what to do, how to save their village. Residents put various warning bells, high-rise observation towers on the hills, but this did not save them at all. And suddenly the idea came to them to put dovecotes around the whole village, more precisely in those places where the evil troops of the enemy most often go.
Enemies did not touch the harmless dovecotes and always passed by, but when the pigeons saw a screaming and jumping crowd of horses and soldiers, the pigeons immediately rushed in large numbers from them and people always followed the clouds and the direction of the pigeons and this began to constantly save them, when the troops came they always believed that the village is simply abandoned and absolutely no one needs it, but in fact a large number of residents simply hid in the underground underground catacombs created by them, hiding any valuables and, of course, their priceless lives.
Therefore, in the future, the whole village flourished for a very long time, since it was through the village that all the evil hordes passed without even touching anything. The village was considered just a ghost for enemies, since people were almost never observed. And it was the pigeons that saved all the inhabitants of the Ivanovskoye region. And why is it silver, you ask, because in ancient times silver was considered the main treasure, and they never saw gold, since there were almost never barons or higher ranks in Ivanovsky. But all the same, Ivanovskoye went far after its given strategy, and all this influenced the very good prospects for the entire development of the region.
2-20. Monument to the carrier pigeon, which once stood at the training base in Zrifin:
2-21. Kazan. Fountain with a monument to pigeons:
The monument to two pigeons, located next to the Kuznetsky Most metro station, appeared in 2005. The opening of this monument was timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the House of Arts.
The monument depicts two doves sitting side by side on a bronze pedestal. The height of the monument is about two meters in height.
Two doves, each of which has symbolized peace and tranquility since ancient times, found their refuge in the citadel of art. Many believe that this monument does not make any special sense: supposedly, in order to make a pair of figures of feathered friends, not so much bronze is required, but an extra monument to such big city, like Moscow, never hurts. But this opinion must be recognized as erroneous. Firstly, the monument has an impressive height, which, taking into account the pedestal, exceeds two meters. And, secondly, the paired image of doves is, first of all, unity, peace and harmony. Two pigeons are a small family, support, care and support, which is sometimes so lacking on ordinary days.
In the few years that have passed since the installation of this monument, it has already begun to be considered an integral compositional component of the Central House of Art Workers.
On the territory of Moscow, this is, of course, the most famous monument to birds. Despite the fact that a number of Muscovites are skeptical about such an unusual moment, believing that its installation was superfluous, this does not negate the absolute cultural value and significance that the monument carries. Someone even sometimes jokes that if the local pigeons recognize the “bronze relatives” as their own, then this monument will be the cleanest of all that currently exists. And most of those passing by pay tribute to harmony and peace, which are symbolized by two bronze doves.
