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      🏛 Akhmatova Monument opposite Kresty Prison

      Воскресенская наб., между домами 12 и 14

      A slender figure of Akhmatova on the embankment, facing the Kresty prison on the other bank of the Neva.

      Akhmatova Monument opposite Kresty Prison
      © Andris Malygin · CC BY 3.0
      • The monument was unveiled on 28 September 2006 opposite Kresty, where her son and husband were held in the 1930s.
      • The place was chosen following “Requiem”: the poet asked for a monument to be put up for her by the prison wall.
      • Akhmatova is shown turning back, like Lot's wife, with a rosary in her hand — allusions to her poems.
      • Lines from “Requiem” are carved on the back of the pedestal.

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      • Voskresenskaya Embankment: Akhmatova and the Sphinxes

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