OT Ugly Moscow monuments was Re: NATLANG: Scary Document

On Monday 07 April 2003 03:06 pm, Pavel Iosad wrote:
> How huge is it, by the way? :-) Most Dutch descriptions of Peter den
> Store I've read portray him as gigantic. I wonder if this has been
> reflected in the statue :-)
>
> But I don't think it's larger than the awful one we have here stuck in
> the middle of Moskva river. :-(
        Oh, that _is_ hideous. I've only been to Moscow once, but the horror of that
"monument"[1] is seared in my memory. The city would be a lot better without
it. Upon returning to St. Petersburg, I was relieved that the monument had
not been built there--at least I wouldn't have to see it every day.
        :Peter
[1] When I first saw it, I couldn't help but wonder, "What were they
thinking?" Did the artist deliberately try to make it as ugly as humanly
possible as some sort of statement about Peter I?
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