On Sunday I visited the museum of Vera Mukhina. She was Soviet sculptor who is famous for the sculpture of Worker and Kolkhoz Woman:.
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Worker and Kolkhoz Woman is a 24.5 meter (78 feet) high sculpture made from stainless steel by Vera Mukhina for the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, and subsequently moved to Moscow. The sculpture is an example of the socialist realistic style, as well as Art Deco style. The worker holds aloft a hammer and the kolkhoz woman a sickle to form the hammer and sickle symbol. |
Her museum is situated inside the pedestal on which the great sculpture is placed.
The sculpture was originally created to crown the Soviet pavilion (architect: Boris Iofan) of the World's Fair.
In the museum we saw some symbols of Soviet Union - for example placard of one of the most popular Soviet film.
