Kharkiv

Monument to the 50th parallel

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Description

  • Monument to the 50th parallel is set in the City Garden Taras Shevchenko
  • It symbolizes the fact that Kharkiv is the largest city, located on the 50th parallel of north latitude
  • The idea for the establishment of the monument was initiated by young scientists, supported by their deputies of city and regional councils

Monument to the 50th parallel is set in the City Garden Taras Shevchenko. It symbolizes the fact that Kharkiv is the largest city, located on the 50th parallel of north latitude. This monument - one of the ways to perpetuate the greatness of the city, to visualize the geographic size, which can not be seen anywhere else (except a globe and maps). The idea for the establishment of the monument was initiated by young scientists, supported by their deputies of city and regional councils. the last authors of the project are considered to be the deputy Gabriel Mikhailov and designer Sergei Fomichev. The monument is a popular destination for school trips and a good example in the study of geography.

Monument to the 50th parallel is set in the City Garden Taras Shevchenko. It symbolizes the fact that Kharkiv is the largest city, located on the 50th parallel of north latitude. This monument - one of the ways to perpetuate the greatness of the city, to visualize the geographic size, which can not be seen anywhere else (except a globe and maps). The idea for the establishment of the monument was initiated by young scientists, supported by their deputies of city and regional councils. the last authors of the project are considered to be the deputy Gabriel Mikhailov and designer Sergei Fomichev. The monument is a popular destination for school trips and a good example in the study of geography.

How to get there?

The memorial sign is located in the Garden of Taras Shevchenko, between metro stations "Historical Museum" and "University". On the streets of Sumy, which is most convenient to get into the garden, and shuttle trolley 2 and 12 routes, taxis 20, 78, 88, 119, 202, 278, 296, the nearest bus stop is called "Mirror stream" or "HNATOB".

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HISTORY

  • Work on the project of the monument started 6 years before its opening, because the competition for the project was announced in 2004. More
  • The monument was opened on October 10, 2010
  • The opening was attended by citizens and acting mayor - GA Kernes

Work on the project of the monument started 6 years before its opening, because the competition for the project was announced in 2004.. More than a dozen works (not only the residents of Kharkiv) took part in the anonymous competition. While the jury supported two projects.

Work on the project of the monument started 6 years before its opening, because the competition for the project was announced in 2004.. More than a dozen works (not only the residents of Kharkiv) took part in the anonymous competition. While the jury supported two projects.

INTERESTING FACTS

  • After the installation of the monument was made to believe that it is through the Garden Shevchenko passes the center of the 50th parallel, although this information does not correspond to reality.
  • Competition for an idea, a sketch of the monument was declared in 2004.. But by 2010, the project was implemented, the runner-up, but not the first place in the competition.
  • Inaccuracy, which allowed developers of the monument, became the basis for setting regional Olympiad on geography: students offered to find an error in the image of the monument and independently calculate the distance from the North Pole to Kharkov.
  • After the installation of the monument was made to believe that it is through the Garden Shevchenko passes the center of the 50th parallel, although this information does not correspond to reality.
  • Competition for an idea, a sketch of the monument was declared in 2004.. But by 2010, the project was implemented, the runner-up, but not the first place in the competition.
  • Inaccuracy, which allowed developers of the monument, became the basis for setting regional Olympiad on geography: students offered to find an error in the image of the monument and independently calculate the distance from the North Pole to Kharkov.