Ranevskaya Monument

Monument to Faina Ranevskaya
Памятник Ф.Г.Раневской

Location	Taganrog
Designer	David Begalov
Material	bronze
Height	215cm
Completion date	2008
Opening date	May 16, 2008
Dedicated to	Faina Ranevskaya

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

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]

Gallery

Monument to Ranevskaya in Taganrog featured on a postcard published by Marka Publishing House (Russian: Издательско-торговый центр «Марка») in Moscow in 2009.
Ranevskaya Monument in 2011
Birth house of Faina Ranevskaya on Frunze Street 10, Taganrog.

Footnotes

↑ Monument to Ranevskaya Inaugurated in Taganrog

Landmarks and tourist attractions in Taganrog, Russia

Museums	Alferaki Palace Taganrog Museum of Art Birthhouse of Anton Chekhov Taganrog City Architectural Development Museum Ivan Vasilenko Museum Chekhov Gymnasium Anatoly Durov Museum Chekhov Shop Taganrog military museum

Monuments	Peter I Monument in Taganrog Alexander I Statue in Taganrog Chekhov Monument in Taganrog Monuments to Chekhov's Heroes Garibaldi Monument Great Patriotic War Monuments Gully of Petrushino Memorial Lenin Monument in Taganrog Monument to Defenders of Taganrog in 1855 Ranevskaya Monument

Related to Anton Chekhov or Chekhov family	Birthhouse of Anton Chekhov Chekhov Gymnasium Taganrog Theatre Chekhov Shop Alexandrovskiye Trade Rows Greek Church and Greek School Gorky Park (Taganrog) Chekhov Monument in Taganrog Peter I Monument in Taganrog Chekhov Library

Churches	St.Nicholas Church in Taganrog The All-Saints Church in Taganrog

Destroyed landmarks	The Assumption Cathedral in Taganrog Cherepakha Islet Greek Monastery in Taganrog Greek Church and Greek School House with Bullets Old Stone Steps Taganrog Fortress Taganrog Old Prison Yelizavetinsky Park

Historical buildings or mansions	Alexander I Palace Avgerino mansion Kelya of Saint Pavel of Taganrog Mariinskaya Gymnasium Shakhmatov House Tchaikovsky House in Taganrog Taganrog Old Station Country Court

Other	Pushkin Embankment in Taganrog City bar in Taganrog Taganrog Old Cemetery

Related articles	History of Taganrog List of People in Taganrog

Coordinates: 47°12′38″N 38°56′01″E / 47.21056°N 38.93361°E / 47.21056; 38.93361

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