created 2001
size 175x115x80
material bronze
location city Kyiv, near Heroes krut street,
near Park of Glory
The creation of the sculpture took three and a half months. The work began in August 2001, on November 6, there was opening. The event timed to the day of the liberation of Kiev in 1943. The search of the plot lasted for a long time, seven sketches were created. The task: perpetuating the actor Leonid Bykov as the Captain Titarenko from the movie "Only Old Men Are Going to Battle". Tired after the combat, he got out of the plane and sat down to rest on the wing.
The portrait was made of photos commissioned in photofund of the Dovzhenko film studio.
The grig symbolizes the memory of the actor Sergei Ivanov who played a minor role in the movie "Only Old Men Are Going to Battle". Unfortunately, the work became a victim of vandals.
