S. M. Kirov Monument

The monument to Sergei Mironovich Kirov was solemnly opened in Petrozavodsk on December 12, 1936, and its author is the sculptor Matvey Genrikhovich Manizer. During the Finnish occupation of the city, the bronze sculpture was dismantled and taken to Finland, but was later returned to its place. Kirov is depicted standing at full height and symbolically pointing with the index finger of his right hand at the Karelian land. The pedestal made of pink granite, 4.5 meters high, with a bronze inscription "Kirov 1886–1934," is installed on a two-step base.