Monument to Anna Akhmatova

Anna Andreyevna Gorenko (1889–1966), better known by the name Anna Akhmatova, was one of the most significant Russian poets of the 20th century. She was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in 1965 and her strong and clear leading female voice struck a new chord in Russian poetry. Her work ranges from short lyric poems to intricately structured cycles, such as Requiem (1935–40), her tragic masterpiece about the Stalinist terror. This monument to Anna was created by sculptor Galina Dodonova and architect Vladimir Reppo and it was erected in 2006 to mark the 40th anniversary of the poet's death. The statue is symbolically located opposite Kresty Holding Prison, where both Akhmatova's partner, the art critic Nikolay Punin, and son, Lev Gumilev, were incarcerated repeatedly during the 1930s. Akhmatova wrote that she spent 300 hours among the crowd of wives and mothers in front of the prison, waiting for news and trying to pass provisions to their loved ones inside.

安娜·安德烈耶夫娜·戈连科（Anna Andreyevna Gorenko，1889–1966），更广为人知的名号为安娜·阿赫玛托娃（Anna Akhmatova），是20世纪俄罗斯最举足轻重的诗人之一。她于1965年入围诺贝尔文学奖（Nobel Prize），其铿锵清朗的标志性女性之声为俄罗斯诗坛奏响了全新的弦音。她的创作范畴涵盖短篇抒情诗至结构精巧的组诗，例如《安魂曲》（Requiem，1935–1940）——这部以斯大林主义恐怖为主题的悲剧杰作。这座纪念安娜的雕塑由雕塑家加莉娜·多顿诺娃（Galina Dodonova）与建筑师弗拉基米尔·列波（Vladimir Reppo）创作，于2006年揭幕，以纪念诗人逝世四十周年。该雕塑被象征性地安置在克雷斯蒂监狱（Kresty Holding Prison）对面——阿赫玛托娃的伴侣、艺术评论家尼古拉·普宁（Nikolay Punin）与儿子列夫·古米廖夫（Lev Gumilev），均曾在20世纪30年代于此多次被关押。阿赫玛托娃曾自述，她在这座监狱外的人群中度过了三百个小时，与一众等候亲人音讯、试图为狱中亲友递送给养的妻子与母亲相伴。