Monument to the Conquerors of Space

The Monument to the Conquerors of Space (Russian Монумент " Покорителям космоса » / Memorial Pokoriteljam kosmossa; scientific transliteration Monument Pokoriteljam kosmosa ) was established in 1964 in Moscow by the achievements of the Soviet people to celebrate in the exploration of outer space.

Shaping

The monument features a launching rocket ascending with their exhaust and contrails. The monument is 110 meters high, it has 77 ° inclination and is coated with titanium plates.

It is located in the northeast of the center of Moscow ( Prospect Mira, 111; Metro: VDNKh ), near the main entrance to the exhibition of national achievements of the USSR ( VDNKh ) ( Выставка достижений народного хозяйства СССР, ВДНХ ) (now Russian Exhibition Center ) at the end of Cosmonauts avenue. [Note 1]

In March 1958, a few months after the launch of the first artificial satellite, a competition for the best project of the obelisk was organized. Out of more than 350 project proposals, the sculptor Andrei Petrovich Faidysch - Krandijewski ( 1920-1967 ) and the architect Alexander Nikolayevich Koltschin and Mikhail Ossipowitsch perch sealed were selected. The opening ceremony of the monument took place on October 4, 1964, the seventh anniversary of the launch of the first satellite.

A Russian poem by Nikolai Gribatschew (1910-1992) [Note 2] at the foot of the monument reads:

" И наши тем награждены усилья, Что поборов бесправие и тьму, Мы отковали пламенные крылья

Approximate translation: "And the reward for our efforts after the victory over oppression and darkness was that we have forged fire wings for our country and our age. "

A 1981 opened Museum of Cosmonautics is located at the foot of the monument.