The Monument to Maxim Gorky in Minsk was installed in 1981. This landmark of Minsk is a full-length bronze sculpture of Maxim Gorky. Maxim Gorky sat down to rest on the bench, putting his coat next to him. The figure of Maxim Gorky, the expression on his face, the turn of the shoulders — everything speaks of his immersion in deep thoughts. Such an image of Gorky is not accidental, because the monument is located in the park named after Maxim Gorky, where people come to relax and think about the eternal.
The authors of the monument to Maxim Gorky in Minsk are the sculptors I. Misko, A. Zaspitsky, N. Ryzhenkov, and the architect O. Trofimchuk. The monument is located on a foreground, and the sculpture of the writer itself is located on a stepped pedestal. That’s why, walking in the park named after Maxim Gorky in Minsk it is impossible not to notice the monument.
It is worth noting that Maxim Gorky always treated Belarus and the Belarusian literature with great interest and love. He was particularly interested in the works by Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas. Yanka Kupala's poem “But who is it there? ”was translated by him into Russian. However, Maxim Gorky was interested not only in the Belarusian literature, but also in science. Therefore, it is not surprising that with the opening of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Gorky was elected its honorary member.
