How alive. Images of Revolution Square: acquaintances and forgotten

What were they actually - people immortalized in bronze at the metro station "Square of the Revolution"? For the most part, fakes are known about them, invented and launched into circulation already in the 21st century. It tells about the real "models" sculptures, as well as prototypes and archetypes, including the "sailor-graze Zheleznyak" and the famous ranger of Karatsup, shown without propaganda gloss. The book is illustrated by photographs of past years.
“Historical memory is different. The one who is filled with the book of Leo Simkin is interesting and ... very honest. And besides, it is calculated, as previously said, "on the mass reader". This book is for us all. Whoever reads will not regret it. ” - Alexey Malashenko “This excitingly written book is for the unfinished and curious. Those who are not content with conjunctural mythology and seek to find out the truth about the past of the country. General patriotism is formed only by knowledge. ” - Henry Reznik In short, write down, just do not mix. The artist Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel transferred the sculpture into a plane. The sculptor Manizer, on the contrary, was transferred to the volume of the station "Square of the Revolution. Stalin and Kaganovich transferred the subway to a heavy underground paradise (where it is theoretically supposed to be hell) And Lev Simkin transferred the bronze idols back into the world of people and awarded the warm breath of our time. ” - Dmitry Oreshkin Lev Simkin - Doctor of Law, Professor. Known for its historical research, the results of which sets out an accessible language. In recent years, his books “Sobibor. Afterword ”,“ He was hanged on Victory Square ”,“ Running to the Heaven ”