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Independence Monument
Монумент Незалежності

Independence Sq.
Kyiv Ukraine

Status:
built
Construction Dates
  Finished2001
Building Uses
 - monument
Structural Types
 - pole
 - hole
 - statue

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Spire202 ftUnconfirmed
wings of statue
Roof171 ftskyscraperpages.inf.ua/sources/Independence_Monument.jpg
A+C # 6'2005 (1) sphere (50.25 + 1 + 1)
Sphere base165 ft-"-
Column capital161 ft-"-
Tetrapylon51 ftList of Ukrainian monuments of history & culture, v. Kiev - Kiev, 2011, p. 1834
Column base40 ft1
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Description
Architect: A. V. Komarovskyi

• Sculptor: A. Kushch
• Dimensions of tetrapylon: 10.8×10.8 m
• Diameter of column: 2.2 m
• This statue was built for the 10th aniversary of Ukranian independence.
• The statue features a woman taking a guelder-rose meant to symbolize the Ukraine accepting independence, the model was sculptor's daughter Christina Katrakis
• The tallest obelisk in Ukraine

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