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Lev Yashin

(Photo by Agência Brasil ©)

Subject(s): Lev Yashin
Sport: Football

Location: Consulado Geral da Rússia, Rua Professor Azevedo Marques, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (This statue is effectively a copy of the Yashin statue at Dinamo Moscow, which was sculpted by Aleksandr Rukavishnikov)
Unveiled: 21/6/2014
Sculptor: Mario Pitanguy
Material: Bronze
Status: In Situ

Inscription(s):
Plaque: Lev Yashin, lendário goleiro do Clube de Futebol Dinamo Moscou e da Seleço Soviética de Futebol. Esculpido por Mario Pitanguy (2014), inspirado no monument original feito por Alexander Rukavishnikov localizado no Parque Petrovsky (1999 – Moscou, Russia). Lev Yashin, legendary goalkeeper of the Football Club Dynamo Moscow and the USSR National Football Team. Sculpted by Mario Pitanguy (2014), inspired by the original monument of Alexander Rukavishnikov, located in Petrovsky Park (1999 Moscow, Russia). [translation is given on the plaque; also in Russian].

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(Photo by Leo Araújo ©)

(Photo by Leo Araújo ©)

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