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 The statue of a sitting Zaporozhets (a Dnieper
Cossack) is thematically close to the first compositional group (People's Artist of the
USSR I.A.Maryanenko posed for it). Its forms come back to the best traditions of the
Russian classical sculpture. The silhouette lines are clear and expressive. The
psychological treating of image is very profound. Hands and feet of rebel are tied, his
body is crippled, but his might spirit overcomes the physical pain. It really seems that
the Cossack-Hercules like Taras Bulba won't think about himself
in last minutes before the execution. |
He will utter the war-cry to his friends :
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| Oh, my sons, oh, Gaidamaks! |
| Here is free wide
world,- |
| Go ahead to seek and find |
| Any lucky road ... |
The sculptor created highly patriotic many-sided image of a hero,
reflected in it the people's power and grandeur, sorrow and pain. |
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