✶ The monument to the two boys in Odessa in Odessa

Hello dear Steemians!

The legendary story of Valentin Kataev "The white sail lonely" is available in the personal library of the majority of inhabitants of Odessa. As children, we, together with the literary heroes of the work of Peter Bach and Gavrik Chernoivanenko, learned this wonderful world, experienced with them and fantasized about the adventures.

An amazing work and even more amazing characters, falling right into the soul - in each of them you can find a piece of yourself.

But let's talk about the sculpture "the Worst", which thirty years ago was installed in the square of Faith Cold.

Two bronze boys are depicted sitting on a small bench, as if supporting each other. Friends dreamily turn their eyes to the sea, because they believe that it is there, behind the invisible horizon, happiness, bright future and freedom begins.

The monument symbolizes the beginning of life, a time when everything seems carefree and rosy.

The Creator of the composition, the famous sculptor Nikolai Stepanov, nurtured the idea of creating a monument as a student. It so happened that in 1965 in the city of Odessa announced a competition for the best project dedicated to two boys from the story of Kataev. Stepanov also took part in it, but the results of the competition have not been announced, respectively, the case to the monument has not reached.

But this idea did not come out of the sculptor's head even after years. Odessa boys and their history became part of Stepanov's life, they came to life in his imagination. He finished his sketch and sent for approval to the most Valentine Kataeva. The Creator of the story fully supported the sculptor's idea, adding that Stepanov was able to accurately convey not only the images of literary characters, but also their inner world.

Interesting fact. When creating a bronze sculpture, Nikolai Stepanov posed not only his sons Klim and Maxim, but almost all the guys living in the neighborhood. Actually, thanks to this idea, the Creator was able to portray not just the heroes who dream of the sea, but all the Odessa children in the monument.

Only twenty-two years later the sculptor managed to realize his long-standing dream. And in 1988 Odessa saw one of the most important monuments – Petya and Gavrik, whose adventures will forever remain in our memory as a symbol of a bright dream.

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