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Literary Museum courtyard
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Stone Statues in courtyard
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Literary Museum courtyard
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Next to the Literary museum is a jovial courtyard with many bronze figurines. All of these contemporary statues were donated by local business and were unveiled on the famous Odessa holiday Humor day, April 1st. Interspersed between these figurines are ancient Black Sea stone sculptures.
M. Zhvanetskiy Monument
| This is a sculpture of a famous satire writer, Mikhail Zhvanetskiy / Mikhail Zhvanetsky (Михаил Жванецкий).
The facade reads: Unveiled on April 1st, 1998 Sculpted by V.I. Traskov This is a line from a famous Odessa song. But it is also a play on words, the context of the inscription also means wherever you live Misha, you will always be an Odessite. Zhvanetskiy was born March 6, 1934 in Odessa and currently resides in Moscow. Zhvanetskiy's site (In Russian--Use this Google translate, or alternatively, babelfish)
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Odessa Mama
| This mother is atop three whales and has several babies lovingly cuddled to her bosom. Closer inspection of the babies show they are famous Odessa mayors. It was donated by "Odessa City head R. Bodelan" (The mayor at the time).
The musician Sasha Monument Sculptor: A. Knyazik The sculpture was unveiled on April 1st, 2001. |  Odessa Mama Monument Photo by Galen Frysinger |
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Antilopa monument
| Antilopa Gnu monument (Ostap Bender aka Ostap Suleiman Berta Maria Bender bey, and Co).
Sculptor: A. Tokarev The sculpture was unveiled on April 1st, 1999. It was donated by the mayor, R. Bodelan. |  From Odessa.russian-women.net |
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"Shalandas full of gray mullet"
| Sculptor: T. Sudina
Unveiled on April 1st, 2002 On the front of this sculpture is a quote from a famous Odessa song.
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"Future Genius"
| "Future Genius", three winged creatures flying over an egg.
Sculptor: N.I. Stupanov Unveiled in 1996
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Rabinovich Monument
The small Rabinovich Monument, the earliest monument in the courtyard, unveiled in 1995. Odessites have many jokes about Rabinovich.
I don't know about you, but I don't see the resemblence...
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Katrina statue
| This is a small replica of a statue that was torn down during Soviet times and replaced by the Potemkin sailor monument. The Potemkin sailor monument was replaced by the Katherine Monument in the summer of 2007.
It was unveiled post 2002. |  From Odessa.russian-women.net |
Duke Replica
| This is a small replica of the Duke de Richelieu Monument, in jeans.
It was unveiled post 2002. |  From Odessa.russian-women.net |
Green van
By Alexander P. Tokarev, unvieled in 2003.
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The musician Sasha Monument
Sculptor: A. Knyazik
The sculpture was unveiled on April 1st, 2001.
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Continue your virtual tour by walking to the Port museum and cannon on stairs
