No one could possibly cite the exact number of monuments erected in Russia. Most of them celebrate achievements across the arts, national and military service and cultural milestones. From "Resting Pushkin" to "Invisible Man", here's a look at some of the country's most unusual monuments.
Sculptures that say it all: Russia's unique statues that reach out and express something
From "Resting Pushkin" to "Invisible Man", here's a look at some of the country's most unusual monuments
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A monument titled "Resting Pushkin" in Moscow
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS A monument titled "A baby in a cabbage" across the entrance to Maternity Home in Tomsk
© Alyona Kardash/TASS A monument to a fan at Trud Stadium in Tomsk
© Alyona Kardash/TASS A monument to a grater reading "The Best Place for Discussions" in Yekaterinburg
© Donat Sorokin/TASS A monument titled "Petersburg Angel" in Izmailovsky Garden in Saint Petersburg
© Alexander Demianchuk/TASS A monument to a lover in Tomsk
© in Tomsk A monument to Invisible Man, a character of The Invisible Man novel by English writer H. G. Wells, in Yekaterinburg
© Donat Sorokin/TASS A monument depicting a student of the Emperor Nicholas II Moscow State University of Railway Engineering by the 1st building of this university in Moscow
© Vladimir Gerdo/TASS A sculpture dedicated to curiosity by the Ural Culture Center in Yekaterinburg
© Donat Sorokin/TASS A sculpture titled "Make Way for Ducklings!" in a public garden by the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow
© Vladimir Gerdo/TASS
A monument to Russian playwright Anton Chekhov in Tomsk
© Alyona Kardash/TASS A monument to plumber Stepanych in Omsk
© Dmitry Feoktistov/TASS A Land Art sculpture of a keyboard in Yekaterinburg
© Donat Sorokin/TASS A monument titled "A plumber and a cat" in Rostov-on-Don
© Valery Matytsin/TASS A man poses for a photograph by a monument to Baron Munchausen in Kaliningrad
© Vitaly Nevar/TASS