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One gets the impression that the monuments puts who wants where he wants and just anyone. Let's not talk about the main square of the country's Independence Square in Kiev - its present form did not criticize just lazy. In towns and villages scattered hundreds of "masterpieces pamyatnikostroeniya", here are some of them.

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"Chornovil Forks" - jokingly referred to as the people of the Bronze founder of "Rukh," standing in the square in front of the Lviv regional council. After opening the 3-meter monument to Vyacheslav Chornovil 8 years ago, his much criticized because OUTSTRETCHED up his right hand with fingers splayed unnaturally as a "Trident".





Here, for example, on the main square of the city Koretz to Rivne region hoisted on the shoulders of Lenin's huge, over-sized, head of Taras Shevchenko. Under mustache Kobzar - vest Ilyich.



Or take a horse monument kotovtsam (fighters Brigade Civil War hero Grigory Kotovsky) not far from the White Church, which is popularly called "Naked attack." Legends associate it with an episode of the Civil when the military band kotovtsev invited to a wedding in one of the villages in the Kiev region, shamefully fled after the attack of white, leaving the pipes and drums. Furious, the brigade commander ordered the immediate return of the "music" - and the whole team, who raised the night in what was rushed to save instruments. I saved. "



According to associate professor Natsakademii Art and Architecture Lyudmila Lysenko, although replaced by a statue of Lenin and his comrades came "natsіonalno svіdomі" heroes - Hetman, Cossacks, and so on. E., They are essentially remained the same as in the Soviet Union: "In ancient Rome, of the economy put on a pedestal in a toga torso, which fasten the head of the next emperor, we, figuratively speaking, something similar is happening. There is a dominance of the Taras Shevchenko monument, he went to work Cossack theme, but it is not even investigated. As a result, instead of horse and foot red characters we have and just Cossacks Hetman made by Soviet canons, and even worse, such as the Kiev "Cossack border guard."



After repair. Vandals severed fingers Lenin "fused" is not so.



On the question of what a monument of the city is the ugliest, Odessans say, "Of course," Victim of abortion "in the seaport." And explain to other cities, "Well, this kid with muscles like Schwarzenegger." This bronze statue of the "Golden Child", which was installed in front of the Sea Port after its reconstruction in 1995. The author of this miracle - the sculptor Ernst Unknown, the one whose works Nikita Khrushchev called the "degenerative." "The Golden Child" was conceived as a symbol of a young and rapidly developing city, but the idea of ​​the artist is difficult to unravel. Meanwhile, the Sea Port management considers its attractions: it rare tourist does not stop at megamalysha.



"The blind guy with a lollipop" - so the people of Kiev called the monument to Hetman Sagaydachnogo at the hem of the fact that the pupils of the horse and rider are not made traditionally - with recesses and convex, because of what the view of figures visible only when bulges from falls the shadow. And experts believe the disproportionate mace - a large ball on a thin long stick.



"Kissing distrofiki." Monuments erected in 2002 in the historical center of Kharkov (in Pushkin), caused a lot of controversy. As it has been called: and a couple of Buchenwald and kissing distrofiki and Kamasutra from Auschwitz. Older people confuse anatomical details, but young people - enthusiastic.



The most wonderful in Lviv, perhaps, is considered a mini-monument to fish on the streets of the Armenian, who somehow formally considered a monument smile. At fish- "monster" instead of fins sticking out of human hands. Its author Oleg Dergach first such fish sold Lviv businessman who has decorated her yard of his mansion.



"Gray-blue wolf." In 2005, the year in Dnepropetrovsk children's park Globa name appeared long-awaited new free children's playground with a promising title "Country Tales". Close to several attractions are adjacent to two dozen sculptures mutated heroes of children's cartoons. For 5 years, that there is this wonderful platform, it has become famous far beyond the borders of Ukraine in Dnepropetrovsk, and even, after repeatedly became a party of various ratings on the ugliest playgrounds of the CIS, which make up the Internet users.



"Eeyore." In particular, Dnepropetrovsk horror stories appear in the list of so-called "Monsters on the playground." It should be noted that most of the creators of this ranking of amateur "touch the soul" manic kind of doctor Aibolit threatening all who come to him closer than five steps, giant thermometer, more like a spear. They also did not remain indifferent to his fighting dog Abba girlfriend leaning on a crutch (apparently a dangerous neighborhood with a doctor is not over yet for the poor guy is good). A lot of enthusiasm and is Chita monkey, which is popularly called not only as "ape-svinomutant».

That's all. It will be interesting to see what unusual monuments have in our towns and villages!



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