Ranevskaya Monument

The Monument to Faina Ranevskaya, designed and sculpted by David Begalov is located in front of Faina Ranevskaya's birth house in Taganrog, Russia.

Monument to Faina Ranevskaya
Памятник Ф.Г.Раневской
LocationTaganrog
DesignerDavid Begalov
Materialbronze
Height215cm
Completion date2008
Opening dateMay 16, 2008
Dedicated toFaina Ranevskaya

Faina Ranevskaya (1896-1984) is recognized as one of the greatest comic actors of the 20th century. She was born on August 27 (August 15 - Old Style), 1896 in the city of Taganrog in the Nikolaevskaya street, 12 (now Frunze Street, 10).

August 29, 1986, a memorial plate dedicated to Ranevskaya was placed on her birth house in the city of Taganrog. Taganrog Local Government is planning to open a museum dedicated to Ranevskaya in the near future. A monument to Faina Ranevskaya (by the artist David Begalov) in front of the house was unveiled on May 16, 2008 within the framework of the First International Ranevskaya Drama Festival "The Great Province".[1]

  • Monument to Ranevskaya in Taganrog featured on a postcard published by Marka Publishing House (Russian: Издательско-торговый центр «Марка») in Moscow in 2009.
  • Birth house of Faina Ranevskaya on Frunze Street 10, Taganrog.

Footnotes
  1. Monument to Ranevskaya Inaugurated in Taganrog

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