I Erected a Monument

A film about the sculptor A.M. Opekushin, the author of the monument to A.S. Pushkin in Moscow. PART ONE. The city of Leningrad. Embankment of the Neva River. Sphinx. Isaac's Cathedral in the background. Rostral columns. Central Naval Museum. Admiralty. Cannons are standing by the building. Bronze monument to Catherine II. The announcer (behind the scenes) tells that the sculptor A.M. Opekushin made 9 figures surrounding the pedestal of the monument. Portrait, manuscripts, pen by A.S. Pushkin. The death mask of A.S. Pushkin. An article from the newspaper "Golos". The title of the article "On the renewal of the subscription to the Pushkin monument." Drawing of 15 projects of sculptural works submitted for the competition. Projects of the monument to A.S. Pushkin by sculptor A.M. Opekushin. Academy of Arts. Sculptural class. Monumental sculptures and bas-reliefs by master A.M. Opekushina. Works of participants of competitions 1870-1880 for the project of the monument to A.S. Pushkin in Moscow, sculptors: I.N. Schroeder, M.M. Antokolsky, P.P. Zabello, A.M. Opekushina. Yaroslavl region. The village of Svechkino. The outskirts of the village. Wooden houses. Harrowed field. Horse in the field. River. Church. The city of Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo). Catherine Park. Marble bridge. Fountain "Milkmaid". SECOND PART Sculptural models of A.S. Pushkin, selected for an open competition in the mid-1870s. A picturesque portrait of the sculptor A.M. Opekushina. Sculptor's workshop. Finished model No. 7 of the monument to A.S. Pushkin. Isaac's Square. Saint Isaac's Cathedral. Monument to Emperor Nicholas I. Academy of Arts. Blue bridge across the Moika river. The city of Pyatigorsk. Square named after Lermontov. Monument to M.Yu. Lermontov (sculptor A.M. Opekushin). The inscription on the pedestal: "August 16, 1889". Flowers on a pedestal. City of Tartu. University park. Monument to the great scientist naturalist Karl Baer (sculptor AM Opekushin). MLTP. Drawing depicting the opening of the monument to A.S. Pushkin at the beginning of Tverskoy Boulevard on Strastnaya Square in Moscow. Chronicle. 1941-1945 Moscow. Soviet soldiers set up barrage balloons. The movement of a convoy of cars along the city street. [1950]. Kremlin. Monument to A.S. Pushkin on Pushkin Square. Volleys of festive fireworks. Cathedrals and towers of the Moscow Kremlin. Monument to Minin and Pozharsky. St Basil's Church. Tram and passenger car traffic on Pushkinskaya Square. Monument to A.S. Pushkin. A woman and a girl lay flowers at the monument. Newlyweds. The bride lays a bouquet of gladioli at the monument.

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Sound engineer A. Kulakov, editor A. Levin, consultant A.A. Kamensky, composer B. Trotsyuk