Tallinn asv2022-04 img70 Russalka Memorial

Russalka Memorial ( et, Russalka mälestussammas) is a bronze

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sculpted by

Amandus Adamson Amandus Heinrich Adamson (12 November 1855 in Uuga-Rätsepa, near Paldiski, Estonia, then Russian Empire — 26 June 1929 in Paldiski, Estonia) was an Estonian sculptor and painter. Life Born into a seafaring family, Adamson excelled in wood car ...

, erected on 7 September 1902 in

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(then part of the

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) to mark the ninth anniversary of the sinking of the Russian warship , or "Mermaid", which sank en route to Finland in 1893. It was the first monument in Estonia made by an Estonian sculptor. The monument depicts an angel holding an

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towards the assumed direction of the shipwreck. The model for the angel was the sculptor's housekeeper.Soomuslaev sai mälestusmärgi üheksa aastat pärast hukku
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, the national postal service company issued a postage stamp series for the 150th anniversary of the sculptor Adamson, with the Russalka Memorial depicted on the cover. Memorial Rusalka, Tallinn, Estonia, 2012-08-12, DD 03.JPG, Russalka Memorial against the summer sky. Русалка 1 beentree.jpg, Sailors of the battleship ''Rusalka''. Rusalka memorial through Kadriorg park, Tallinn.JPG, View from Kadriorg Park. Mälestussammas «Russalka».JPG, Memorial in the night.

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