Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea (Liepāja)

Infobox Military Memorial
name=Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea Piemineklis bojā gājušajiem jūrniekiem un zvejniekiem
body=Liepaja Street Board Liepājas Ceļu pārvalde


commemorates=Sailors and fishermen perished in the sea
coordinates=coord|56|30|34|N|20|59|28|E|display=inline,title in Liepāja, Latvia
designer=Alberts Terpilovskis and Gunārs Asaris
inscription=Dzied vējiņi, klusi, klusi,
Nenes viļņus maliņā;
Guļ jūriņas dzelmītē
Mani mīļi bālēliņi
РЫБАКАМ И МОРЯКАМ ΠΟГИБШИМ В МОРЕ
Sing, sweet zephyr, gently, gently,
Carry not the waves ashore;
In the sea's tender depths slumber
My dear, beloved, brothers
TO THE FISHERMEN AND SAILORS LOST AT SEA
unveiled=1977

Monument to the sailors and fishermen lost at sea ( _lv. Piemineklis bojā gājušajiem jūrniekiem un zvejniekiem) — a notable modern monument and sightseeing place in Liepāja, Latvia.

The monument was built in 1977 by architect Gunārs Asaris and sculptor Alberts Terpilovskis with funding from "LBORF" and the fishing kolhoz "Boļševiks". [lv icon [http://www.media.lv/kv199803/980305/1.htm Kurzemes Vārds, 05.03.1998] ] The monument is located on the shore of the Baltic Sea in the Liepāja seaside park, at the end of Kūrmājas Prospect. The monument consists of a bronze figure of the woman on 11 meter high V-shaped pedestal, sheathed by Saaremaa dolomite. [lv icon [http://www.media.lv/kv200107/010704/05.htm Kurzemes Vārds, 04.07.2001] ]

On 8 April 2000 a memorial plate dedicated to the American pilots whose aircraft was brought down on 8 April 1950 by the USSR Air Forces near Liepāja was added to the pedestal of the monument. [ [http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/sovietunion/coldwar_working.htm Cold War Working Group site] ]

The Monument in pop culture

This monument in Liepāja often is called "Crocodile" ( _lv. Krokodils, _ru. Крокодил), because of a resemblance to Crocodile Gena from the Soviet cartoon. The inner part of the pedestal is a popular place for taking photographs. A poem in Russian language about the monument was written in 2005 by an unknown author.

:Липовая Надежда

:Она там встала чтобы жить мечтой,:Она уже была слепой, она была глухой.:Ей сердце высечено морем:И ноги стёрлись о песок.

:Но вот тысячелетие настало, она устала.

:Она устала ждать отцов и сыновей,:Что ловят снедь для матери своей.:Теперь она стоит и ждёт Колумба,:В полёте белокрылых голубей...

:Так ей, наверное, видней.

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