Kozma Prutkov Statue

A droll statue of a man who never existed

Early in September, while strolling down Arkhangelsk's major pedestrian thoroughfare, Chumbarovka, we walked past that person. That character was created in the middle of the 19th century by four Russ...

Beautiful

If we hadn't been on a guided tour we would have probably missed this lovely statue. Russia is full of these and easy to miss.

And after all Kozma Prutkov existed real

Original Text

This is the name of the old ward of the count Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy and his tees and friend Alexei Zhemchuzhnikov, who together with the brothers of the last Alexander and Vladimir this total Persian ...

Kozma Petrovich Prutkov on Chumbarov-Luchinsky Avenue ...

Original Text

It is not known whether a fictional literary character was in Archangelsk, on Chumbarov-Luchinsky Avenue. But the fictional character was born on April 11, 1803 in Archangelog ...

The native of the Archangel region

Original Text

The real Kozma Prutkov is a very successful official, from the poor nobles, who made a good career and served up to the actual state adviser, awarded the Order of St. Stanislav. A ...