Killing the Dragon...............
Posted on 11/04/2013 12:47:59 PM PST by kronos77
MOSCOW, November 4 (RIA Novosti) – The head of the Russian Orthodox Church and senior Russian officials attended the opening of a resurrected Tsarist-era obelisk outside the Kremlin walls Monday. The monument was originally unveiled 99 years ago to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Russia’s Romanov dynasty, but its Tsarist iconography was removed in 1918 on the orders of Vladimir Lenin and the names of Romanov emperors replaced by famous international revolutionaries. In the renovated version unveiled Monday, criticized by some architectural preservation groups for poor quality work, the communist-era changes have been reversed. “Today, an unjust historical action has been set right,” said Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia during the opening ceremony, which was also attended by Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky and Sergei Ivanov, the head of the Presidential Administration, Russian media reported. “It was done so that we could be conscious of ourselves as a people united temporally and geographically. We cannot live in separation from our history,” Patriarch Kirill said. The monument was taken down and sent for restoration in July after officials said that its condition had deteriorated and that it was in danger of collapsing. Architectural preservation group Arkhnadzor criticized the restoration work in a statement last week, noting that the restored monument was adorned with “false imitations of Romanov decoration.” The opening Monday coincided with Russia’s National Unity Day, a holiday introduced by the Kremlin in 2005 to replace the communist holiday of November 7 celebrating the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
Killing the Dragon...............
I’m glad they fixed it. I hope the charges of “cheapness” and poor build quality are just sour grapes from some leftover commies.
” - - - the communist holiday of November 7 celebrating the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. - - - “
My my, how time flies!
What will Obama’s speech
Be on that “Day to teach?”
Will Obama compare the Romanov Dynasty
To his ongoing destruction of Capitalism?
The Romanov’s had their artsy Obelisk,
And all we get is the Plain Commie Shaft!
The real basis for Putin's regime though is corruption, rigged elections, contrived political parties, and brutal intimidation and murder of opponents and critics. Russia's economy and state finances depend on the extraction and export of oil and gas and other natural resources. A primary goal of Russian foreign policy is to support high oil and gas prices and gain foreign currency and influence by the export of military hardware.
Instead of using national resources to develop Russia and ameliorate its many ills, Putin and his cronies have looted the country, moving vast wealth into secure foreign bank accounts and real estate at home and abroad. Putin's closest allies are men who began their careers in the security services and, in one instance, a judo club sparring partner. Students of Russian history may see them as contemporary equivalents to the aristocratic boyars who helped the Tsars rule Russia.
For lack of anything better, the Russian public -- for now -- accepts the Putin regime's propaganda line. This emphasizes an aggrieved sense of nationalism, discredit of the democracy of the tumultuous Yeltsin era, and warnings of the menace presented by foreign powers and domestic terrorism. Putin though must eventually pass from the scene, and Russia may then have the opportunity to attempt a transition to a modern democratic order.
Yet, as popular nostalgia for the Tsars and Russia's history of rule by thuggish strong men suggests, no matter what appearances may be adopted, Russia is likely to continue to be ruled by men determined to exploit her wealth for themselves -- with a thug at the top who, like Putin, is a Tsar in all but name.
Who knows? The stonework in the photo certainly looks good to me. I assume that’s a Romanov Czar on horseback in the role of St. Michael. And the side decorations—flowers and coats of arms—look good.
That could be St. George on horseback slaying the dragon.
You’re right. My bad.
The thing is, nowadays no one can afford hand carving
and there are few who can do it. Most nowdays is done
with sandblast and resist, which in the hands of a skilled
operater can give pretty good effects.
I would say most of that scrollwork was done that way,
maybe not the central medallian though.
Any pictures of what it looked like after the commies mutilated it?
The monument was originally unveiled 99 years ago to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Russia’s Romanov dynasty, but its Tsarist iconography was removed in 1918 on the orders of Vladimir Lenin and the names of Romanov emperors replaced by famous international revolutionaries.
good description
Thanks.
Thanks.
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