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Monument to Field Marshal General, Governor General of the Novorossiysk Territory and Bessarabia Prince M. Vorontsov
Full name of the monument :

Monument to Field Marshal General, Governor General of the Novorossiysk Territory and Bessarabia Prince M. Vorontsov

Region :
Odesa region
Address of the monument :
Odesa, Cathedral Square
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1863 р.
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Imperial period from XVIIІ centuries to 1918
Artist(s) :
Sculptor F. Brugger, architect Francesco Boffo
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Nationality :
Russian
Social status :
management elite
Size :
the bust is bronze, the pedestal is Crimean diorite
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
"To His Royal Highness Prince Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov, grateful compatriots of 1863"
Language(s) of the text :
Russian
Narrative commemorates :
Imperial era
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
exists
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Odesa City Council
Institution’s website :
https://omr.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Monument of monumental art 150006-N. Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated September 3, 2009 No. 928. The monument consists of a pedestal, a bronze statue, and three bas-reliefs depicting the Battle of Craon, the capture of Varna, and agriculture and trade, which flourished under Vorontsov's patronage. The inscription on the monument should have read: "Compatriots are grateful to His Highness Prince Mykhailo Semenovich Vorontsov. 1863". But today on the front side of the pedestal there is a laconic inscription: Vorontsov. The height of the bronze figure is 3.2 m. The total height of the monument is over 8 meters. Vorontsov's appearance, looking at the massiveness of the statue, has a striking resemblance to the late prince due to the fact that the sculptor used the last portrait made by the Berlin master of portrait painting Franz Kruger On November 7, 2023, the historical and toponymic commission of the Odessa City Council decided not to demolish the monument to Vorontsov, citing the statue's exceptional artistic value. On November 10, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine excluded the monument on Odessa's Cathedral Square from the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Cultural Heritage of National Importance.