One of the most iconic Soviet monuments, the “Worker and Kolkhoz Woman” was unveiled #OTD in 1937 at the World Fair in Paris.

The 58-meter-high monument (consisting of the 25-meter sculpture and the 33-meter pedestal) crowned the Soviet pavilion at the fair. It was authored by Vera Mukhina, the master of socialist realistic sculpture. The monument was a great success-all media outlets published its pictures with its copies reproduced in the World Fair's souvenirs.

💫In 1939, during the opening of VDNKh (Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) in the Russian capital, the statue was placed in front of a main entrance; though on a relatively small pedestal which was three times lower than the one in Paris.

📽️ After WW2 the sculpture became an official emblem of the Mosfilm cinema studio. Since then every Soviet film made by this studio is introduced by a logo of a man and woman holding a hammer and sickle.

Photos from The Moscow Times

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