Worker and Kolkhoz Woman

"Kolkhoznitsa" redirects here. For the Russian word denoting a female collective-farm worker, see Kolkhoz. For the muskmelon cultivar, see Kolkhoznitsa melon.
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman
Рабо́чий и колхо́зница (Rabochiy i Kolkhoznitsa)
ArtistVera Mukhina
Year1937
TypeStainless steel
Dimensions24.5 m (80 ft)
LocationRussian Exhibition Centre, Moscow, Russia

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Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (Russian: Рабочий и колхозница, romanized: Rabochiy i kolkhoznitsa) is a sculpture of two figures with a hammer and a sickle raised over their heads. The concept and compositional design belong to the Soviet architect Boris Iofan. It is 24.5 metres (78 feet) high, made from stainless steel by sculptor Vera Mukhina for the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, and subsequently moved to Moscow. The sculpture is an example of socialist realism in an Art Deco aesthetic. The worker holds aloft a hammer and the kolkhoz woman a sickle to form the hammer and sickle symbol.

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