Worker and Kolkhoz Woman monument

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The Worker and Kolkhoz Woman monument is a famous Soviet-era stainless-steel sculpture in Moscow symbolizing industrial and agricultural labor united under socialism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monument
sculpture
stainless steel sculpture
architect Boris Iofan NERFINISHED
Vladimir Shchuko NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Soviet government NERFINISHED
completionDate 1937
country Soviet Union
creator Vera Mukhina NERFINISHED
depicts hammer
kolkhoz woman
sickle
worker
designer Vera Mukhina NERFINISHED
exhibitedAt 1937 Paris World’s Fair
Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne NERFINISHED
forms hammer and sickle emblem
genre socialist realism
hasCoordinateLocation 55.829°N 37.638°E
hasCulturalSignificance icon of Soviet art
symbol of Moscow
hasStyle monumental sculpture
height 24.5 metres
heritageStatus cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia
holds hammer in worker’s hand
sickle in kolkhoz woman’s hand
inception 1937
laterRelocatedTo VDNKh NERFINISHED
location Moscow
Russia NERFINISHED
VDNKh NERFINISHED
material stainless steel
movement Socialist Realism
orientation figures striding forward
originallyCreatedFor Soviet pavilion at the 1937 Paris International Exposition
partOf VDNKh complex NERFINISHED
productionTechnique welded stainless steel sheets
reinstalled 2009
restoredIn 2003–2009
sculptor Vera Mukhina NERFINISHED
symbolizes Soviet working class
socialism
unity of industrial and agricultural labor
theme Soviet ideology
collectivism
labor
usedAs logo of Mosfilm studio

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VDNKh exhibition center hasPart Worker and Kolkhoz Woman monument