{"id":3985,"date":"2022-12-30T12:20:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T11:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/?post_type=object&p=3985"},"modified":"2022-12-30T12:20:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T11:20:11","slug":"monument-to-saint-vladimir","status":"publish","type":"object","link":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/obiekt\/monument-to-saint-vladimir\/","title":{"rendered":"Monument to Saint Vladimir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technique:<\/strong> granite plinth, figure: bronze cast made in Chernihiv, Ukraine<\/p>\n

Dimensions:<\/strong> 4.5 m (total height), 2.5 m (height of the figure)<\/p>\n

Object: <\/strong>The statue depicts Vladimir the Great (d. 15 July 1015), Grand Prince of Kyiv (978\u20131015), who in 988 introduced Christianity to Kievan Rus\u2019 in the Greek Catholic rite and is regarded as a saint of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. The statue on the pedestal depicts a man in his prime with a Russian Orthodox cross (with three crossbeams) in his left hand and a miniature of the Church of the Tithes founded by Saint Vladimir in Kyiv in his right hand. On the front side of the plinth, there is an inscription in Polish (and Ukrainian below), reading: \u201cSaint Vladimir the Great. Prince of Kiev [sign of the cross] 1015. Baptist of Kievan Rus\u2019 \u2013 Ukraine, 988. Co-founder of Christian Europe\u201d. The base of the plinth bears the inscription: \u201cGreek Catholic Parish \/ Gda\u0144sk A.D. 2015\u201d (in Polish and Ukrainian). The same inscriptions in German and English are to be found on the left and right side of the statue, respectively. The back of the plinth features the carved caption: \u201cArtist Sculptor Gennadij Jerszow\u201d (in Polish and Ukrainian) and \u201cArchitect Stanislav Szymanski\u201d below it. This is the second monument to Saint Vladimir outside Ukraine. The first one, unveiled in 1988, is in London.<\/p>\n

Place:<\/strong> Skwer Chrztu Rusi-Ukrainy (Square of the Baptism of Rus\u2019 and Ukraine). The small square is located between Gnilna Street and Zau\u0142ek \u015aw. Bart\u0142omieja (St Bartholomew\u2019s Alley), between the main fa\u00e7ade of Saint Bartholomew\u2019s Church and the rear elevation of the Madison Shopping Centre. The square gives the impression of an \u201curban pocket\u201d connected to Gnilna Street, but this was not always the case. The street perpendicular to Gnilna, parallel to the church fa\u00e7ade, used to run all the way to the Radunia Channel, towards the fa\u00e7ade of Saint Bridget\u2019s Church. Unfortunately, in the post-war urban planning solutions, it was turned into a service access for the buildings alongside it.<\/p>\n

The location of the monument to Saint Vladimir is adapted to the present-day urban situation: the sculpture is facing Gnilna Street.<\/p>\n

Information about the author:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Giennadij Jerszow (b. 12 July 1967 in Chernihiv) is a Polish-Ukrainian sculptor, jeweller, photographer, educator and social activist. He graduated from the Lviv State School of Decorative and Applied Arts and the Ukrainian Academy of Fine Arts in Kyiv. In 2000, he moved to Gda\u0144sk with his family as a repatriate. He works with sacral and monumental art.<\/p>\n

Stanis\u0142aw Szyma\u0144ski is an architect, member of the Association of Polish Architects, Wybrze\u017ce Branch. He specializes in ecclesiastical architecture and monument preservation.<\/p>\n

Condition of the object:<\/strong> good<\/p>\n

Owner\/guardian:<\/strong> Efforts to build the monument were undertaken on the initiative of Rev. Mitrophoros J\u00f3zef Ulicki in 2009, the statue was financed from a global collection organized by the Ukrainian community<\/p>\n

Author of the entry:<\/strong> inventory made by the Gda\u0144sk University of Technology team, description of the place: Jacek Dominiczak, additional information: Ma\u0142gorzata Paszylka-Glaza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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