Monuments and sculptures of Penza

Monument to border guards who fell in the line of duty, Penza, Dzerzhinsky square.

The sculpture "Traffic Light Tree".
Traffic lights are working and turn on in the evening.


Monument to Dzerzhinsky in the park of the same name.


Monument to V. G. Belinsky in the park of the same name.
Opened July 10, 1954.
Authors: Soviet sculptor-muralist Evgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich and architect Leonid Mikhailovich Polyakov.


Sign "I love Penza", Penza, a pedestrian part of Moscow street.


The sculptural composition "The Final Touch".

This monument is dedicated to the jewelers of Penza. He has his own legend: if you look through the ring into the eye of a jeweler and make a wish, then rub the shoe - it will come true.


At the feet of a jeweler a funny cat :)

Architect: V. Kuznetsov; sculptor: G. Feoktistov.


Monument to V.I. Lenin on the Penza Square of the same name.

Opened November 6, 1959.
Authors: sculptor E.V. Vuchetich and architect N.F. Brovkin.

Behind the monument is the government building of the Penza region.


Sculpture "Penzyak the bastard. "

Caption: “Fat penzyak. The birth of this statement is popular rumor prescribed to Alexander Vasilievich Suvorov. During the passage of Russian troops through the Alps in 1799, almost all soldiers, except the Penza, rubbed their feet to blood. At the request of Suvorov to explain this circumstance, the penza showed him double heel socks, which were knitted in their edges. In response, Alexander Vasilyevich exclaimed: “Well done, well, thick-bones!”

Architect: Sculptor: G. Feoktistov.


"Casket of" Russian folk proverbs "" in the eponymous square of Penza. Opened November 13, 2010.

Author: Honored Artist of Russia Valery Kuznetsov. The sculptural composition was created as part of the MegaFon Gives a Legend project. For example, the company gave Ufa a “ Kunitsa House ”.

The inscription on the pedestal: "The hero of the sculptural composition is Ivan Lachinov, a resident of the city of Penza, a descendant of the first Penza governor, a brave soldier, a well-known collector of Russian proverbs and sayings."

The most famous Russian proverbs and sayings are carved on the sides: “the courage of the city takes”, “we must take care of what will happen tomorrow”, “you can’t easily catch a fish from the pond” and “an old friend is better than the new two”.

Bust of Denis Davydov in the same square in Penza. It is established in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812.

Sculptor: V. Kurdov.


The sculpture "Young Family", Penza, a small square between houses 70 and 72 along Volodarsky Street.


Bust of Pushkin in the Penza Square of the same name.

In 1950, a bust of A.S. Pushkin made of concrete was installed according to the model of the sculptor V.N. Domogatsky. It was later made in granite.


Monument "Glory of the Soviet Constitution" in front of the entrance to the building of the Penza administration.


Commemorative sign " Coat of Arms of the USSR ".


Stela "Good Angel of the World", opened February 4, 2009. In connection with the installation of the monument, Penza was awarded the title City of Peace and awarded the Order of Peace.


Monument to the Penza warriors who died in the North Caucasus, Penza, the square of Military Valor. The second part of the complex to the Afghan soldiers.


Sculptural composition “For the Glory of Russian Weapons”, Penza, the square of Military Valor. The sculpture is the latest - installed in 2017.


Memorial to the soldiers of the Afghans, Penza, Square Military Valor.




The sculpture " Cat Scientist ", Penza, Central Park of Culture and Rest. V. G. Belinsky.


The sculpture "Bears", Penza, Central Park of Culture and Rest. V. G. Belinsky.


Art object "The First Cat's Bank", Penza, near the house number 49 on Red Street.
Cat Mitka leaned on a crutch and begs for alms. The empty hat has a hole for coins that fall into the safe.

Sculptor: G. Feoktistov.


The sculpture "Lady with the Dog", Penza, near the house number 9 on the street Volodarsky.


Monument to the first settler.
The monument was erected in 1980 and is located in the historical part of the city, where the Penza fortress was erected in 1663, on a hillside near the confluence of the Penza and Sura rivers. The people say "man with a horse" or simply "horse". Observation deck with city view.


The Stalinist Center (Penza Regional Committee of the Communist Party) and the bust of Stalin. Penza, Kirova street, 24B.


Bust of M. Gorky. Penza, the square at the fountain square.


Sculpture " Cuckoo Clock ", Penza, square at the fountain square. Established in the fall of 1974.

For some reason, from the sights of Penza, it flew past the sculpture "Seeing Off."