Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (Russian: Рабо́чий и колхо́зница) is a 24.5 meter (78 feet) high sculpture made from stainless steel by Vera Mukhina in 1937. The sculpture is a typical example of the socialist realistic style. The worker holds aloft a hammer and the kolkhoz woman a sickle to form the hammer and sickle symbol. Image File history File links Kolkhoznitsa. ... A portrait of Vera Mukhina, the work of Russian artist Mikhail Nesterov The Worker and Kolhoz Woman Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina (Russian: ; July 1, 1889 [O.S. June 19] in Riga — 6 October 1953 in Moscow) was a prominent Soviet sculptor. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 630 foot high, stainless-clad (type 304L) Gateway Arch defines St. ... A centimetre (American spelling centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of length that is equal to one hundredth of a metre, the current SI base unit of length. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... Sculptor redirects here. ... The 630 foot high, stainless-clad (type 304L) Gateway Arch defines St. ... A portrait of Vera Mukhina, the work of Russian artist Mikhail Nesterov The Worker and Kolhoz Woman Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina (Russian: ; July 1, 1889 [O.S. June 19] in Riga — 6 October 1953 in Moscow) was a prominent Soviet sculptor. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roses for Stalin, Boris Vladimirski, 1949 For other meanings of the term realism, see realism (disambiguation). ... A kolkhoz (Russian: IPA: ), plural kolkhozy, was a form of collective farming in the Soviet Union that existed along with state farms (sovkhoz). ... For other uses, see Hammer and sickle (disambiguation). ...

The sculpture was originally created to crown the Soviet pavilion (architect: Boris Iofan) of the 1937 World's Fair in Paris. The organisers had sited the Soviet and German pavilions facing each other across the main pedestrian boulevard at the Trocadéro on the north bank of the Seine. Albert Speer, charged with redesigning the German pavilion, happened upon a confidential sketch of the Soviet plan while on an inspection tour of the site of the fair. He was struck by "a sculpted pair of figures... striding triumphantly towards the German Pavilion"^[1] and designed an architectural riposte to the massive sculptural group. ^[2]. Iofans Palace of Soviets design Iofans House on Embankmemt, present day Boris Mihailovic Iofan (April 28, 1891–1976) is a Russian Soviet architect, known for his Stalinist architecture buldings like 1931 House on Embankment and the 1931-1933 winning draft of the Palace of Soviets. ... The Soviet pavilion was crowned with a gigantic statue of Labourer and Kolkhoz Woman, by Vera Mukhina. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... The Trocadéro is an area of Paris, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. ... For the son of Albert Speer, also an architect, see Albert Speer (the younger). ...

Mukhina was inspired by her study of the classical Harmodius and Aristogeiton, the Victory of Samothrace and La Marseillaise, François Rude's sculptural group for the Arc de Triomphe^[3], to bring a monumental composition of socialist realist confidence to the heart of Paris. The symbolism of the two figures striding from East to West, as determined by the layout of the pavilion, was also not lost by spectators.^[4] The Winged Victory of Samothrace The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called Nike of Samothrace, is a marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory), discovered in 1863 on the island of Samothrace (Greek Samothraki) by the French consul and amateur archaeologist Charles Champoiseau. ... François Rude: 1888 engraving François Rude (June 4, 1784 - November 3, 1855) was a French sculptor. ... This article is about the monument in Paris. ...

Although as Mukhina said, her sculpture was intended "to continue the idea inherent in the building, and this sculpture was to be an inseparable part of the whole structure"^[5], after the fair Worker and Kolkhoz Woman was relocated to Moscow where it was placed just outside the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy. For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... Exhibition grounds feature numerous fountains. ...

In 1941, the sculpture earned for Mukhina one of the initial batch of Stalin Prizes.^[6] The USSR State Prize (Russian:Госуда́рственная пре́мия СССР) was the Soviet Unions highest civilian honour. ...

The sculpture was removed for restoration in the autumn of 2003 in preparations for Expo 2010. The sculpture was planned to return in 2005, but because the World's Fair was not awarded to Moscow but to Shanghai, the restoration process was hampered by financial problems. As of May 2007, the sculpture is still under restoration, and plans are under way to return the statue to its original location by 2008. [1] The restored statue will use a new pavillion as its pedestal, increasing its total height from 34,5 meters (old pedestal was 10 meters tall) to 60 meters (new pavillion is 34,5 meters tall plus 24,5 meters of the statue's own height) ^[7]. See 2007 photographsof the disassembled statue. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Expo 2010 logo Expo 2010 will be held in Shanghai, China and is a scheduled Worlds Fair in the grand tradition of international fairs and expositions. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Worlds Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid-19th century. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ... May 2007 is the fifth month of that year. ...

In cinema, Worker and Kolkhoz Woman was chosen in 1947 to serve as the logo for the film studio Mosfilm. It can be seen in the opening credits of the film Red Heat. A film studio is a controlled environment for the making of a film. ... Mosfilm logo was the Statue of the Worker and Kolkhoznitsa at VDNKh Mosfilm film studio (in Cyrillic, Мосфи́льм) is often described as the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe. ... Red Heat is a 1988 movie in which Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Russian policeman Ivan Danko. ...

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• List of statues by height

List of statues by height: Ushiku Daibutsu (depicts Amitabha Buddha); Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. ...

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