Children Are the Victims of Adult Vices explained

Children Are the Victims of Adult Vices
Artist:Mihail Chemiakin
Completion Date:2001 (unveiled)
Type:Bronze sculpture
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Moscow, Russia
Coordinates:55.7459°N 37.6194°W

Children Are the Victims of Adult Vices is a group of bronze sculptures created by Russian artist Mihail Chemiakin. The sculptures are located in a park in Bolotnaya Square, Balchug, 2000feet south of the Moscow Kremlin behind the British Ambassador's residence.[1]

The monument consists of 15 sculptures. In the center of the composition are two blindfolded children. At their feet are two books: Russian Tales and Alexander Pushkin’s Fairy Tales, as well as a globe. The figures of children are surrounded by sculptures in the form of anthropomorphic monsters, personifying "adult" vices:

The sculpture was commissioned by then-Mayor Yuri Luzhkov and sponsored by the state-owned oil company Rosneft. It was unveiled in 2001 amid some controversy. Some Muscovites worried that the graphic imagery would frighten children.[3] Chemiakin said that, "[The sculpture] ... was conceived and carried out by me as a symbol and a call to fight for the salvation of present and future generations."[4]

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  1. News: Yablokova, Oksana . Moscow to Raise Monument to People's Sins . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022185504/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-45469973.html . dead . 22 October 2012 . 29 June 2001. The Moscow Times (via Highbeam Research) . 12 January 2015.
  2. News: Moscow divided over vices statue. 6 July 2001. . 26 December 2008.
  3. News: "ПАМЯТНИК ПОРОКАМ" ШЕМЯКИНА С ТОЧКИ ЗРЕНИЯ ПСИХОЛОГА (an interview with doctor of psychological sciences Vasilevnoy Abramenkovoy). Shishova. Tatiana. 5 December 2001. www.pravoslavie.ru. Russian. 26 December 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20011225083722/http://www.pravoslavie.ru/guest/abramenkova.htm. 25 December 2001. dead.
  4. Web site: The children – victims of adult vices. Darina. Nikonov. www.log-in.ru. Russian. 26 December 2008.