Where is the monument to the plumber and how many are there in our country?

It’s hard to imagine a modern city withoutall sorts of monuments and monuments. Street sculptures are usually installed in honor of famous figures of art and culture, politicians or scientists. A separate genre among monuments is the collective, personified images - “Unknown Soldier”, “Motherland”. And only a few decades ago, monuments depicting “mere mortals”, representatives of professions that could hardly be called prestigious, began to appear on the streets. Did you know, for example, that in Russia there is a monument to plumbing, and not one?

"Stepanych" from Omsk

In 1998, the city of Omsk to its next dayBirthday received a very unusual gift. In its very center, on Lenin Street, a monument to plumbing was erected. The inhabitants of the city very quickly called him “Stepanich” or “Stepan”. The sculpture is an image of a man leaning out of the hatch to the middle of the chest. “Stepanych” leans on its elbows and thoughtfully looks in the direction of the roadway (the monument itself is located on the sidewalk). There is a hard hat on the plumber's head, and the key is near the hands.

Residents of Omsk eventually got used to suchunusual sights, but to observe the reaction of tourists who do not expect to see the original sculpture literally under their feet - it is a pleasure. Today "Stepanych" is considered one of the symbols of Omsk. If you ask where the monument plumbing, the road will tell you any resident of the city. The exact address of the sights: Omsk, Lenin Street, then you just walk a little bit on the sidewalk.

Which monument plumbing appeared in Russia first?

Actually monuments to plumbers andThere are quite a lot of workers in related industries in our country. For the title of the very first are fighting several street sculptures. But still, the monument to plumbing is most often considered to be a monument erected in Yekaterinburg. This landmark appeared in 1995 near the central office of Uralenergoserviskomplekt; it was this organization that ordered the manufacture and installation of such an unusual street decoration. Externally, the monument in Yekaterinburg is very much like its fellow from Omsk. It is also the bust of a worker in a helmet leaning out of a hatch.

The most original sculptures

Чаще всего сантехников изображают высунувшимися across the chest or waistband of the hatch. But there are some unusual and original sculptures in our country dedicated to the workers of water utilities. In Perm, not far from the city bath, a sculpture composition is installed, consisting of a sculpture of a plumber sitting on a pipe with an adjustable wrench in hand.

This person’s expression is very thoughtful,it seems another moment and he will return to his difficult work. An unusual monument to plumbing is in Ussuriysk. The sculpture is set near the central building of the water utility. The monument depicts a man in overalls in full growth, it is believed that the plumber Yuri Rubanov, who actually exists in the city, became the prototype of the monument.

How many plumbers are immortalized in Russia?

In total in our country there are about 20monuments dedicated to locksmiths and other workers whose professions are somehow related to water supply. There is a monument to plumbing in cities such as Chelyabinsk, Volgograd, Moscow, Prokopyevsk, Saransk, Rybinsk, Tyumen and many others. A lot of sculptures dedicated to public utilities, and in Ukraine, today such monuments are in many other countries.

And yet, despite its spread,similar attractions are still considered unusual. If you come to the city where there is a monument to the plumber, you must make a photo with it. It is also considered a good omen to cajole a locksmith - to treat him with vodka and a cigarette. Such an offering, according to urban legends, will save plumbing from damage in your own apartment or house.