Wars arose with humanity. Always killed soldiers, always weeping women who gave birth to them. All the peoples have their own monument to the grieving mother and put them at all times. The clearest example is "Pieta" ("Lamenting Christ") by Michelangelo. A woman holds in her arms the beloved dead son "He only sleeps on the bed of hands, that the mother does not disconnect forever ...". It is necessary to possess super genius in order to convey this inhuman grief.
Aboriginal Russian monument
Russia, like no other country, suffers from enemy invasions. She always defeats the occupiers, but her best sons, the color of the nation, perish. It can not be said that our mothers mourn the sons more than others, but the Russian faith, mentality, culture passed down from generation to generation make grief stronger, higher and purer.
Russian mothers mourn not the invaders, they mourn the liberators who gave their lives for the happiness of all peoples. "Monument to the Sorrowful Mother" on Mamayev Hill is the highest work of art. It's easy to check - you look in the face of this woman, and tears navorachayutsya by themselves.
Uniqueness of the monument
EV Vuchetich is not just a genius, his work on Mamayev Kurgan is the greatest tribute to the memory of the country and the people who stopped fascism. These masterpieces are no less than the masterpieces of masters of the Renaissance. The "Monument of the Grieving Mother" is magnificent, located on the Field of Sorrow. Amazing composition. And maybe the fact that the figures of the mother and son are not completely molded-the upper part of both of them stand out from the stone and the hands, lifeless from the son, and those who are entwined in the eternal embrace of the mother, emphasize the strength of the tragedy of what happened. The reinforced concrete composition gives the impression of weight, monolithic, although the figures are hollow inside. The peculiar "incompleteness" of the composition makes an impressive impression. The lake at the feet of the eleven-meter sculpture symbolizes the sea of tears shed by all the mothers of the vast Russia, who lost their sons.
The genius of the people
Only the Russians could so sing the feat of the people and its grief. What can compare the poem of P. Antokolsky "Son", dedicated to the murdered handsome younger lieutenant Vladimir Antokolsky, or the song "Alexei, Alyoshenka, sonny ...", or the verse of R. Rozhdestvensky "Remember!"? In this case, with nothing comparable in strength to the impact, there is also the "Monument to the Mourning Mother" by E.V. Vuchetich. The composition of the monument echoes the above-mentioned "Pieta". A sitting woman holds the lifeless body of her son on her lap. The face of a Soviet soldier is covered with a military banner - a symbol of military heroism, the head of a woman is inclined, the whole figure is permeated with sorrow. Grief, which does not cease with the years, strikes at first sight. But how the author molded his face! In it, the tragedy of millions of mothers.
The eternal source of inspiration
A worthy description of the monument of a grieving mother is only possible for a talented person, so that the words produce at least a distant idea of the true impact of this sculpture on visitors. It can be added that a lane of individual stones is laid through the lake, which makes it possible to carry flowers and put them at the foot of the monument. And how many poems are born near a mourning mother. There are terrific. How beautifully sounded the words of the poetess Niyara Samkovoe - "frozen in a stone monument of tears ...". The mother's grief is endless, and does not serve as a consolation for the word "the Lord seems to take the best ...".
It is better to see once ...
The complex, together with the sculptor, was created by the architects FM Lysov, Ya. B. Belopolsky and VA Demin. It is difficult to choose words to describe a great creation. Help can taken in different angles of numerous photos. The monument to the grieving mother, which is part of the ensemble "Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" (1959-1967), everyone should see. The area of the Tribulation with the central figure of the mother (located on the left side, away from the central axis), mourning for her son, is at the foot of the mound, crowned with the dominant sculpture of the ensemble "Motherland Calls." Mamayev Kurgan is not in vain called "the main height of Russia". Quite right was the first place in the contest "7 Wonders of Russia" in 2008. The "Sorrowful Mother" (monument) occupies its worthy place in the ensemble. Volgograd is a sacred place for every Russian, and the ensemble on Mamayev Kurgan is a worthy tribute to all those who died during the years of the bloodiest war in the history of mankind .
Spread across the country
In the world, of course, there are monuments to women who have lost close men, but in Russia they are the most, and they were erected in honor of mothers. It is a collective image embodying world sorrow. In many cities of our country there are such monuments - in large (like Perm, Nakhodka, Zheleznovodsk), in small (like Pechory and Novozybkovo). There is also a monument to grieving mothers. Chelyabinsk 30 years after the war found the monument "Memory" (also called "Mourning Mothers"), which entered the cultural heritage of the Russian Federation. At the entrance to the city in the cemetery "Lesnoye", which is located not far from the Furniture village, soldiers who died of wounds in a local hospital were buried. Doctors managed to bring back to life 150 thousand soldiers, but many wounds were incompatible with life. The remains of 177 soldiers rest in this cemetery. In 1975, it was here that the memorial was opened in memory of the dead. The monument is unique, unique. Two women, facing each other, carefully guard the helmet of the dead soldier. The figures of the mothers are made of wrought copper, they reach a height of 6 meters. The monument is very beautiful, and here there are always fresh flowers.