Grigory and Aksinya (sculpture composition)

The sculpture composition illustrates one of the elements of the epic novel And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov. Located on the left bank of the river Don, the monument is 6.5 m in height. The character Aksinya is depicted barefoot, dressed in a wide skirt and neck-flap, and approaching the khutor with a carrying pole. Her neighbour Grigory jokingly blocks her path. A passage from the novel is cast in bronze: == History ==

N. Mozhaev created a project of the monument in 1957. E. Mozhaeva, V. Desyatnichuk, V. Voloshin. G Holodnyi also worked on the composition. Mikhail Sholokhov was shown a maquette, and advised on some changes, including changing the buckets from a conical to cylindrical shape and changing the horse from an Arabian type to a Don. 26 years later, the project was accomplished as a 12-ton composition. The monument was opened opposite the river port of Rostov-on-Don in 1983. In 1995 it was transferred in Vyoshenskaya, where the novel takes place. == See also ==