Why do Russians like sculpture?

It has been several months since I came back from Russia. Calcutta statue, I always wanted to write, but I never did. During this period, in order to find out his grief and honor before and after his death, I consulted a lot of historical materials and finally understood one thing: as an admiral of the tsar, Colta was a staunch defender of old Russia. Colta's tragedy lies in his inevitable collapse of the imperial power system and his lack of basic historical understanding.

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Russians like urban sculpture, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Irkutsk, a small border town.

Here, it seems that everything can be an element of the statue. Such as the statue of Sack hero, the statue of Tsar Alexander III, the statue of Lenin, the statue of Colta, the statue of Gorky, the statue of16th century Russian version of Romeo and Juliet, the statue of Peter and floria, the statue of a dog that looks like Ke Jiquan, the statue of Japan-Russia friendship, the statue of a former good doctor in the veterinary clinic, the statue of fans in front of the cinema, the statue of The Decemberists's wife, etc.

Intriguingly, when Lenin and kolchak were alive, they held a grudge against each other and were at odds to build or defend their ideal Russia. Today, they are all preserved by small towns and become a glimpse of Russia's complex history. For me, kolchak is the most impressive sculpture in Irkutsk. He stood tall in front of the Monastery of Znamanski, which is a unique story of the city.

Kolcak, dressed in military uniform, bowed his head slightly, put his hands into his coat and looked down at the Russian land with a solemn face.

On the base, a Red Army soldier and a White Army soldier glared and were fighting with rifles. Later, when I was sorting out photos, I saw this picture, and I couldn't help thinking of the line of an Orthodox priest in the movie "The Fearless General Colta": "Did we bury the White Army and the Red Army together? God is his people, regardless of red or white. "

For China readers who have read the Soviet novel How Steel was Tempered, the name Colta Ke may not be unfamiliar. He used to be the "Supreme Commander" of the White Army, leading the White Guards against the Red Army led by Bolsheviks. Under the offensive of the Red Army, he retreated from the Volga River valley to Irkutsk and was arrested in 1920 and 65438+ 10. On the morning of February 7th, Colta was taken to the monastery for secret execution, and then his body was thrown into the ice cave of Angara River.

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia redefined a group of people. Colta grams are no longer white bandits and counter-revolutionaries, but admirals, national heroes and excellent generals. He made a new evaluation of his history, affirmed his achievements, and set up a statue here for people to remember.

Poster of the movie "The Fearless Admiral kolchak"

Among the Russian people, the evaluation of Colta is even more intense. In 2008, a Russian film swept the world, and the hero's great personality, sad love and tortuous fate won the audience's tears. The film is called The Fearless General Colta. The film shows Colta's outstanding performance in the early war against Japan and Germany (available online). The film is exquisite and classic, especially the naval battle scene, which is extremely real and cruel. To tell the truth, however, this film plays Colta Dick perfectly. Courage in the face of German artillery fire, calmness of uprising soldiers, restraint in the face of pure love, loyalty to the tsar, contempt for death and so on. All focused on him? On the contrary, in Hostaux Rovsky's How Steel was Tempered, kolchak was the leader of the White Army, and he burned the adulterous devil. Now, kolchak has risen from just visiting to the ground, from being reviled by hundreds of millions of people to being looked up to by everyone. History seems to have played a big joke on us.

Perhaps, the Russians want to use this film to tell the world that history is a polygon, and from another angle, it is another situation. However, people can't help feeling that history is written by people after all, and the history we know is always subjective.

Colta's statue stands quietly in the corner of this street park. The square base of the statue is very high, which is said to prevent the opponent from destroying it. Thus, although Colta Ke stepped onto the "altar", he is still a controversial figure at home and abroad. Behind the statue of Kolcak is the famous Znamanski Monastery. 1920 On February 7th, he was taken to this monastery and secretly executed. Znamenski Monastery, built in 1762, is the largest monastery in eastern Russia.

Although this monastery is not as big as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, it displays the golden sarcophagus of the body of Saint enoch, a Siberian missionary, which is the sacred object of the Orthodox Church, so many believers came from thousands of miles away in just an instant. Photographs are not allowed in the monastery, and all the shots are taken in the yard. This belongs to the "innermost".

The monastery has spectacular domes, gorgeous murals and melodious monosyllabic hymns. It is said that the earliest monasteries were built of wood. Later, due to wood decay, it was rebuilt with stones in the early19th century. The remains of many famous historical figures are buried in this tree-lined garden. The wife of the famous Russian The Decemberists is buried here.

Party member's wife in December is an important sum in this city. According to the article Exiled Country: Irkutsk's Past, on June1825 65438+February 14, a group of Russian officers deeply influenced by the French Enlightenment launched an uprising in St. Petersburg. Many of them were nobles, but they tried to overthrow the tsar. These people are called "party member in December". After the uprising was suppressed, 12 1 December Party members were exiled to Siberia, mainly in Irkutsk and Chita. Some of their wives voluntarily gave up the superior life in Europe, raised a lot of carriage expenses when there was no railway, and came all the way to this barren land to endure hunger and cold with their lovers, and some people died like this.

The Decemberists's wife didn't take part in the revolution directly, but because of their support for her husband's career, the professors taught their knowledge and talents to the local people without reservation, which made their 30-year exile have a far-reaching impact on this area. Perhaps, they may not fully understand the great historical significance of their husbands' career, but they will certainly fully understand what love is. Without this group of wives, the exiled The Decemberists members may not be able to live optimistically in the ice and snow. Therefore, after their death, some of them were buried in the Monastery of Znamanski, where they were sacrificed and worshipped for generations. This monastery, which was built in 1762, was closed during the Soviet era and was not reopened until 1994.

The turning point memory of Russians is the disintegration of the Soviet Union, from which they entered a period of cultural diversity. In this regard, it is obvious that Znamenski Monastery and many churches can be reopened. Another example is the street of Irkutsk, a small town with statues of Colta and Lenin. There are Orthodox churches, Yellow Pagoda, Marx Street and Lenin Street? The explanation given by the local people is that we can criticize history, but we cannot change it.

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