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. . Answers: In 1918, Jaroslav Hašek, author of the novel 'The Good Soldier Švejk', lived in Samara.
There is also a memorial plaque on the house where the Czech writer stayed. Read more about it here . In 2021, a public garden dedicated to the Aksakovs and a sculptural composition were opened in Samara.
A bronze sculpture of writer Sergei Aksakov stands on the beach, while behind him stands his son Grigory, who was the Samara governor. His granddaughter Olga, meanwhile, stands in front of him, holding out a scarlet flower. This is a reference to Aksakov's fairy tale of the same name , inspired by the folk story about the Beauty and the Beast.
Ilya Repin's famous painting ‘Barge Haulers on the Volga’ can be seen in the bronze frame on the easel. The artist saw the subjects for his masterpiece there, in the vicinity of Samara. In 2014, to mark the writer's birthday anniversary, his painting was immortalized in bronze on the Volga River embankment.
Have you ever watched the Soviet movie ‘White Sun of the Desert’ ? Its main character, Comrade Sukhov, was from Samara and he says at one point: "Now, I’ll get to the Volga and, from there, it’s a stone’s throw to Samara." And now, there is a monument to the Red Army soldier on the Volga River embankment. On the pedestrian zone of Leningradskaya Street in Samara, an almost six-meter statue of the famous literary hero from Sergei Mikhalkov's ch.
