Exhibition of achievements of national economy - 3

Fountain" Дружба peoples"

the Legendary fountain of Moscow, located in the Central part of ENEA, has become a recognizable symbol like the Exhibition itself, and in General.

I Propose to circumvent the fountain around to look at him, and the visitors of the Exhibition.

Fountain" Дружба peoples" is one of the few monuments in Russia, reminding of the historical integrity and unshakable friendship between the peoples, despite the different languages, nationality and religion.

One of the few monuments that perpetuate the power of good, unity and peace not only between countries-соседями, but of all mankind on the planet. Monument, appealing to the most important values on Earth, emphasizing the brotherhood of the peoples of the world, as a whole, indestructible!

it is important to Remember, especially today in an age of increasing aggression or decreasing military conflicts, the efforts of Imperial ambitions between the superpowers, and the product of the forces of evil and injustice.

the Fountain was built in 1954. Before the war it was a children"s café and a small pavilion with adjoining lounge area.

Over the name of the fountain long thought – in the project documents it was listed –" Главный fountain". During construction it was renamed the" Золотой sheaf". It needs to be to show the abundance of Soviet agriculture. Therefore, the center of the composition became a huge sheaf.

And just before the opening WNDH at the suggestion of the anonymous author of his final name became" Дружба народов".

The fountain was designed by architect-художника K. Topuridze – husband"s beloved national actress of the USSR Rina Green.

Gilded image of the fountain" Дружба peoples" easily recalls the masterpieces of the famous Peterhof. Although initially the authors would like to coat the statue polychrome material colored smalt.

But selling the idea was heavily criticized, and all the girls decided to cover one color – gold.

Until 1956 officially existed sixteenth Republic, Karelian-Финская SSR, so there are 16 statues. After the accession of the Republic to the RSFSR, the statue remained.

Sculptors posed of representatives of the titular nationalities of the republics. I know for certain only three of them: the ballerina of the Estonian Virve Kiple-Пасаданян, Turkmen Gozel Annamamedova pianist and the wife of the poet Mikhail Svetlov - Childbirth Amirejibi Georgian.

a Fountain placed in the center of a huge octagonal swimming pool and has an oval shape (81 to 56 meters).

the composition is a huge Golden sheaves, around which are the dance girls, symbolizing the friendship of many peoples of the USSR. The sheaf has a height of 7.4 meters, made of copper sheets by punch on metal forms.

huge bundle consists of the main cultivated in Soviet times, crops: wheat, sunflowers... and cannabis. On the territory of Russia hemp was grown already in the IX century. Cannabis cultured, or cultivated, is grown for its fiber from which produced tissue.

fiber materki (female plants) harvested for seeds, made marine rope, sailcloth, etc. In 1928 in the acreage of hemp, Russia ranked first in the world – 966 thousand hectares!

Right under the sheaf fountain is a pump station. Her room is directly connected with the pavilion of the RSFSR. Initially, the hydraulic part of the fountain could provide work 800 jets, which its pattern has changed the overall composition of the buildings, creating a complex pattern.

a Key figure of the composition – the Girl-Россия. With her Slavic sisters, Ukraine and Belarus.The location of the sixteen figures is no accident, since they are in pairs, that correlates with the order of strips in the coat of arms of the USSR – from the fringe motto" Пролетарии of all countries, unite!"

a Comprehensive update of the main symbol of the exhibition center began in the fall of 2018. The statue was completely dismantled. In the workshop of the restorers they spent 4 months, their recovery was doing 25 masters.

each figure was updated elements of the carrier frame, and also replaced the coating. Still, for a long time useless, was schedules to bronze, then the metal was covered with layers of red lead and varnish and then proceeded to the gilding. Each statue went an average of 320 grams of gold leaf.

it was Restored and the granite base of the fountain and its bowl, including the frame, cladding and waterproofing. Completely updated engineering systems. Before the restoration the height of the jet was only 10 meters, the repair allowed to raise them up to 20 meters.

Added lighting: in a bowl mounted 465 lights that now illuminate the fountain white, red, green and blue colors.

did you know that every girl of the fountain has its own name? If not, you will have to talk about it.