Authors: Andrey Korobtsov and Konstantin Fomin
Sculpture: Rzhev Memorial
Geo: Rzhev
Photo: Kirill Gorozhanin
The Rzhev Soldier Memorial is hard to miss. Whatever one may say about it, this monument evokes feelings that are unlikely to be experienced anywhere else. The massive sculpture of a soldier towers over the fields of Rzhev, where some of the bloodiest battles of the Great Patriotic War took place, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives.
From the vast field, morning fog rises, creeping from the not-so-wide but very swift Volga River. This mist from the horizon is tinged with a bright orange hue, gradually fading into a cold color, where stars can still be seen in places. You lift your head and see the monument seemingly floating through this fog. And silence.
The last time I felt something similar was in the high-mountain village of Kurush in Dagestan (2.5 km). Then too, I couldn’t pick up my camera and start shooting until my eyes were fully saturated with the view that opened up before them.
Sculpture: Rzhev Memorial
Geo: Rzhev
Photo: Kirill Gorozhanin
The Rzhev Soldier Memorial is hard to miss. Whatever one may say about it, this monument evokes feelings that are unlikely to be experienced anywhere else. The massive sculpture of a soldier towers over the fields of Rzhev, where some of the bloodiest battles of the Great Patriotic War took place, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives.
From the vast field, morning fog rises, creeping from the not-so-wide but very swift Volga River. This mist from the horizon is tinged with a bright orange hue, gradually fading into a cold color, where stars can still be seen in places. You lift your head and see the monument seemingly floating through this fog. And silence.
The last time I felt something similar was in the high-mountain village of Kurush in Dagestan (2.5 km). Then too, I couldn’t pick up my camera and start shooting until my eyes were fully saturated with the view that opened up before them.