UNUSUAL ANIMAL SCULPTURES OF PETERSBURG

Hi, I’m Anikiy. I’m an ordinary brownie. Sometimes I can talk to sculptures if they depict animals, I can talk to others too, but with these it is easier and more interesting. They are not as important as these statues of famous people and can tell something amusing For example, a monument to a cat in the center of the city, on the eaves of a house .. I came in recently, at midnight, to chat. The cat’s name is Vasilisa, the cat is Elisha. They told how during the war, during the siege of Leningrad, rats bred. All the cats had already been eaten or weak from hunger. The rats were not disturbed. They spread disease and destroyed the already scarce supplies. When the blockade was lifted, several carriages of cats were brought into the city, which saved the city.

Further, I ran to the dog Mumu. She is the heroine of the story of the Russian writer I.S. Turgenev, which tells about the deaf-and-dumb servant of a lady. Once he found a puppy and became very attached to him. The name of the dog was Mumu, because he could not to make other sounds. But she interfered with the lady with her barking and she ordered the dog to be drowned. The servant did not dare to disobey, but after that he left the lady’s yard. Mumu still lies at the boots of his master and waits for his return, speaking with all his appearance about pain and suffering, animals inflicted by humans.

I ran to coo to the smallest sculpture, Chizhik-Pyzhik on the Fontanka. There used to be the Imperial School of Jurisprudence, the shape of which resembled the plumage of a siskin. Chizhik told me that in order to have good luck, you need to get a coin on the pedestal, and so that it certainly remains on the stone. And this is not so easy to do, because the sculpture is only 11 cm high.

My old friend is standing in the courtyard of St. Petersburg University. A monument to an experimental cat. On its pedestal it is written “Humanity must be infinitely grateful to the cat, who gave the world a great many primary discoveries in physiology.” The oldest Petersburg club of cat lovers “Felis” took part in the creation of the monument.

And another, my friend, a homeless cat, perched at the entrance to a grocery store, as if waiting for someone to give him food or take him home. It’s called the Monument to the Homeless Cat.

And you are probably already familiar with the hares of the Peter and Paul Fortress. After all, the island on which it is located is called the Hare. The first hare, escaping from a flood on a pile, meets at the entrance, under the bridge. Previously, there were severe floods, but now you can not worry, the dam protects the city By the way, the hare’s name is Arseny, we have been friends with him for a long time, they also throw coins on his pedestal for good luck. Under the Nevsky gate of the fortress there is a “Chronicle of floods”, marks on the level of water rise, starting from 1752 And there is also a group of hares fleeing from the flood. Another hare fleeing on a log roams the fortress. And at the entrance to the Engineering House a hare in a suit sprawled imposingly, showing passers-by the sign of victory.
I have to go, soon morning. If you liked it, next time I will tell about my other acquaintances.