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Let's go back to the square. The main attractions here are Kalinin, flowers and emptiness. The monument should be protected - by aesthetes - "to one's dying day." This is a marvelous, pure and strict sample of the high Stalinist style. Just look at the faceted pedestal of red polished granite! And the architectural design of the site, architrave, lanterns! Kalinin's figure is the work of Nikolai Tomsky, one of the greatest artistic representatives of Socialist Realism of the post-war period. It lacks any deviation or eclecticism. The silhouette is strict and integral. It should be enjoyed on a cool and crystal-bright evening, when the sun has already set but the sky is still shining.
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