Sverdlov Yakov Mikhaylovich at MUSEON, Moscow

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In October 1978, the Moscow Council's Executing Committee finalized their decision to erect a monument in Theatre Square, designed by sculptor R.Ye. Ambartsumyan and architect B.I. Tkhor. By November 1969, the plaster model was submitted for bronze casting to the Monument Sculpture plant in Leningrad. On March 1919, the Moscow Workers and Red Army Representatives Council Presidium voted to rename Theatre Square into Sverdlov Square. The monument's unveiling took place on October 24th, 1991, as decreed by the Moscow City Council of People Representatives. This work is historically significant, being a memorial construction from the Soviet era that explores politics and ideology.