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      🏛 Monument to the Creators of the First Earth Satellite

      Рижская пл., у вестибюля м. «Рижская»

      A bronze worker raises Sputnik-1 to the sky — the world's first space-themed monument, right at the metro exit.

      Monument to the Creators of the First Earth Satellite
      © Gennady Grachev from Moscow, Russia · CC BY 2.0
      • The monument was unveiled in 1963; the sculptor is S. Ya. Kovner, the architect V. N. Kartsev.
      • It is considered the world's first space-themed monument.
      • It was conceived as the start of a space ensemble along Prospekt Mira — later came the Monument to the Conquerors of Space and the Alley of Cosmonauts.
      • The figure faces Rizhsky Station; the monument was restored in 1998.

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      • At Rizhskaya: Trifon in Naprudnoye and Solodovnikov's houses

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