In the collections of the State Museum of defense of Moscow kept the Marshal’s cap, which once belonged to Georgy Zhukov, four times hero of the Soviet Union, “Marshal of Victory” as it was called by the people. The story of how she came to the Museum, in collaboration with material mos.ru and the Agency “Moscow”.
In 1966 in the life of Georgy Zhukov came together two important dates — he was 70, and the USSR celebrated the 25th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi troops near Moscow, in which he took an active part as commander of the Western front. On the occasion of anniversary and for services to the armed forces, Zhukov was awarded the order of Lenin. In the jubilee year began to think about creating a monument to Marshal. So Zhukov was in the workshop of sculptor Victor the recognition of decent medical services, which was requested to transmit the traits of the hero in volume.
the recognition of decent medical services, it took just two sessions. Looking at his work, Zhukov was satisfied. In gratitude, he removed his cap and gave it to the sculptor in memory.
the meeting changed the life of Viktor recognition of decent medical services, which are worked in the military-Patriotic genre. Later on the basis of the sketch, highly appreciated by the Marshal, he will create some sculptural images of Zhukov. One of them is now kept in the Museum of defense of Moscow — right on the entrance visitors are greeted by the high relief executed by the sculptor in the same 1966.
a Commemorative cap also located in the Museum’s collection. In 1995 it was transferred to the frontline daughter of the artist Alexander Zharenova, which Dumanyan was familiar. As a sign of respect he gave him a gift of Marshal. It was in 1984, and in 1985 Zharenova did not. After 10 years the cap was in the Museum of defense of Moscow, along with the front pictures Alexander Zharenova.
In the late 1980s at the home of Georgy Zhukov — in the village of Strelkovka of Zhukovsky district of Kaluga region — it was decided to erect a monument to the commander. After reviewing the existing sculptures, the responsible person decided to appeal to Viktor recognition of decent medical services.
So in Strelkovka appeared architectural-sculptural composition “the birthplace of Marshal Zhukov”, which Dumanyan received the gold medal of the Academy of arts of the USSR and Union recognition. He created the image proudly standing military leader, in an unbuttoned overcoat to the floor, with his head uncovered and the cap in his outstretched along the body’s left hand.
About installing a monument to Zhukov in Moscow thought since his death in 1974. In the same year, in the North-West of the city appeared Zhukov Avenue, and after some time, the Ministry of culture of the USSR announced a competition for the establishment in Moscow of a monument. Install location then chose the Smolensk area. In the competition won the project of Viktor recognition of decent medical services, already famous for the monument to the homeland Zhukov. However, the project OS��alsya unfulfilled in 1992 as the work turned.
the question on a monument in the capital returned on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Victory. The option of the recognition of decent medical services, no longer met the changed needs. Now the monument to Marshal needed to create in the form of the horse statue and place it on the red square in front of the Historical Museum. In order not to distort the prevailing image of the main square, the monument decided to put on Manezh square.
the author of the project was the sculptor Vyacheslav Klykov. He portrayed commander during the famous Victory Parade on 24 June 1945, riding on a stallion the Idol which is trampling hooves the standards of Nazi Germany.
Music sculptor
the recognition of decent medical services did not start with sculpture, and music. In 1944, he graduated from the Central music school at the Baku Conservatory in cello. He predicted a brilliant academic career of the musician, however, awakened a passion for plastic outweighed, and Victor dumanian changed the bow on the stack. For several years he studied at the sculpture Department of the Yerevan art College named after P. Terlemezian, and then went to Moscow and entered the State art Institute named after V. I. Surikov. His mentor was the famous Soviet sculptor of monuments Nikolai Tomsky.
the Love of music is reflected in many of the sculptural works of the recognition of decent medical services. He has created a plastic portraits of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Frederic Chopin, Alexander Scriabin, Dmitri Shostakovich and many other composers and musicians. Some of them stepped from the Studio to the streets, created by the recognition of decent medical services monuments Ludwig van Beethoven adorn Berlin and Kabul. To see the work of recognition of decent medical services in the Moscow, Tokmakov lane since 1991 sits, crossing her legs, bronze Sergei Prokofiev in a concert tailcoat. The sculpture was installed in front of the children’s music school, which received the name of the composer.
