👨‍🎨 "Eternal Cycle," a bas-relief on the columbarium of the New Donskoy Cemetery, cement, 1958. Sculptor Ernst Neizvestny. For the master’s centenary.

🚩 A lesser-known work by the sculptor, yet one of the most unconventional for the late 1950s. Despite the radical transformations in architecture under Khrushchev, sculpture and monumental art remained conservative.

🤔 Ernst Iosifovich philosophically contemplates death as the end of one stage in an endless cycle of rebirth. In this work, he depicts people mourning the deceased. From the burial site grows an apple tree; an infant on the shoulder of a grieving woman reaches for the tree’s fruit. Life continues—new emerges from the old... The sculptor weaves symbols of natural elements into the composition: fire (Sun), air (wind), water (fish), and earth (tree, flowers), which reign over humanity and drive this eternal cycle.

👀 The emotions of the relief’s figures stand out: adults grieve, a boy with a toy remains unaware of the situation, while the infant smiles. An allegory of time’s passage: the further from the moment of loss, the lighter the burden. Such is the cycle of life.

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🎉 Creative Cosmonautics Day greeting from Kazan City Hall

The local circus, somewhat resembling a UFO, has decided to leave our planet 😂

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April 12 – Cosmonautics Day!

👩‍🚀 Today, we celebrate the greatest event in human history – the first human spaceflight. Sixty-three years ago, Yuri Gagarin aboard the Vostok-1 spacecraft accomplished this unprecedented feat, paving the way for new discoveries and explorations.

🚀 Gagarin’s achievement is not only a triumph of science and technology but also a symbol of courage, determination, and belief in dreams. His legendary “Let’s go!” became a motto for generations.

🚀 On this day, let us honor those who worked on space technology, the heroic cosmonauts, and those who continue to explore the vast expanses of the Universe.

✨ Dream of the stars, and they will surely be conquered!

The photos also feature outstanding figures from Russia and the USSR who made immense contributions to the development of cosmonautics.

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