The Stone Flower Fountain

The Stone Flower Fountain (Russian: Фонтан «Каменный цветок», romanized: Fontan Kamennyj tsvetok) stands in the so-called "Industrial Square" of the Exhibition of Economic Achievements (VDNH) in Moscow, Russia. It was named and designed after the eponymous flower from Pavel Bazhov's fairy-tale "The Stone Flower".

The Stone Flower Fountain

The Stone Flower Fountain was built in 1954. It was designed by the architect Konstantin Topuridze [ru] and carved by Prokopy Dobrynin [ru].^[1] The fountain was decorated with figures of birds, fruit and ears. Some sculpted details fountain created were carved by the sculptors Zoya Ryleyeva [ru] and V. V. Aleksandrova-Roslavleva, and the mosaics works were done in the workshop of the Soviet Academy of Arts. It was the first light and musical fountain in the USSR.^[2] The music for it was created by Dmitri Shostakovich. It was positioned in front of the Ukrainian pavilion [ru].^[3]

See also

• Friendship of the Peoples Fountain [ru]
• Worker and Kolkhoz Woman