One of the symbols of the horrors of war - a monument to a grieving mother

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Wars arose with humanity. Soldiers were always killed, women who gave birth to them always cried. All peoples have their own monument to a grieving mother and have erected them at all times. The clearest example is Michelangelo's Pieta (Lamenting Christ). A woman holds her beloved murdered son in her arms “He only sleeps on a bed of hands that his mother never opens …”. You need to have super genius to convey this inhuman grief.

Originally Russian monument

Russia, like no other country, suffers from enemy invasions. She always defeats the invaders, but at the same time her best sons, the color of the nation, die. It cannot be said that our mothers mourn their sons more than others, but the Russian faith, mentality, culture, passed down from generation to generation, make grief stronger, higher and purer.

Russian mothers do not mourn the invaders, they mourn for the liberators who gave their lives for the happiness of all peoples. "Monument to the Grieving Mother" on Mamaevmound - the highest work of art. This is easily verified - you look into the face of this woman, and tears well up by themselves.

Uniqueness of the monument

E. V. Vuchetich is not just a genius, his works on Mamaev Kurgan are the greatest tribute to the memory of the country and the people who stopped fascism. These are masterpieces no less than the masterpieces of the masters of the Renaissance. The “Monument to the Grieving Mother”, located on the field of Sorrow, is magnificent. Amazing composition. And, perhaps, the fact that the figures of mother and son are not completely molded - the upper part of both and the hands, lifeless in the son, and twisted in the eternal embrace of the mother, stand out from the stone, emphasizes the strength of the tragedy of what happened. The reinforced concrete composition gives the impression of weight, solidity, although the figures are hollow inside. The peculiar "incompleteness" of the composition makes a poignant impression. The lake at the feet of the eleven-meter sculpture symbolizes the sea of tears shed by all the mothers of vast Russia who lost their sons.

The genius of the people

Only Russians could sing the feat of the people and their grief like that. What can be compared with P. Antokolsky's poem "Son", dedicated to the murdered handsome junior lieutenant Vladimir Antokolsky, or the song "Aleksey, Alyoshenka, son …", or R. Rozhdestvensky's verse "Remember!"? In this series, incomparable in terms of its impact, there is also the “Monument to the Grieving Mother” by E. V. Vuchetich. The composition of the monument echoes the Pieta mentioned above. A seated woman holds the lifeless body of her son on her lap. Facethe Soviet soldier is covered with a battle banner - a symbol of a feat of arms, the woman's head is tilted, the whole figure is permeated with sorrow. Grief, which will not subside over the years, is evident at first sight. But how the author sculpted the face! It contains the tragedy of millions of mothers.

Eternal source of inspiration

A worthy description of the monument to a grieving mother can only be done by a talented person, so that words produce at least a remote idea of the true impact of this sculpture on visitors. It can be added that a path of individual stones has been laid across the lake, which makes it possible to carry and put flowers at the foot of the monument. And how many poems are born near a grieving mother. There are amazing ones. How beautifully the words of the poetess Niyara Samkovoe sound - "a monument frozen in stone from tears …". The mother's grief is endless, and the words “The Lord, apparently, takes the best…” do not serve as a consolation.

Better to see once…

The complex, together with the sculptor, was created by architects F. M. Lysov, Ya. B. Belopolsky and V. A. Demin. It is difficult to find words to describe the great creation. Numerous photos taken from different angles can help. The monument to the grieving mother, which is part of the ensemble "Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" (1959-1967), should be seen by everyone. The Square of Sorrow with the central figure of a mother (located on the left side, away from the central axis), mourning her son, is located at the foot of the mound, crowned with the dominant sculpture of the entire ensemble “The Motherland Calls”. Mamaev Kurgan is not called in vain"the main height of Russia". It was absolutely fair to take first place in the competition "7 Wonders of Russia" in 2008. The “Grieving Mother” (monument) takes its rightful place in the ensemble. Volgograd is a sacred place for every Russian person, and the ensemble on Mamaev Kurgan is a worthy tribute to the memory of all those who died during the years of the bloodiest war in the history of mankind.

Scattered across the country

In the world, of course, there are still monuments to women who have lost loved ones, but in Russia there are most of them, and they were erected in honor of mothers. This is a collective image, personifying world sorrow. In many cities of our country there are such monuments - in large ones (like Perm, Nakhodka, Zheleznovodsk), in small ones (like Pechory and Novozybkovo). There is also a monument to grieving mothers. Chelyabinsk, 30 years after the war, acquired the monument "Memory" (another name is "Grieving Mothers"), which became part of the cultural heritage of the Russian Federation. At the entrance to the city, at the Lesnoye cemetery, which is located not far from the Furniture Settlement, soldiers who died of wounds in a local hospital are buried. Doctors managed to bring 150,000 soldiers back to life, but many wounds were incompatible with life. The remains of 177 warriors rest in this cemetery. In 1975, it was here that a memorial was opened in memory of the dead. The monument is original, unique. Two women, facing each other, carefully hold the helmet of a dead soldier. The figures of mothers are made of forged copper, they reach a height of 6 meters. The monument is very beautiful, and there are always aliveflowers.