Monument to the Aircraft Design Engineer Ihor Sikorskyi (Kyiv)

Ukraine / Kyyivska / Hatne / Kyiv
 monument, sculpture, 2019 construction

The monument to Ihor Sikorskyi (or also Igor Sikorsky, 1889 – 1972, the great Ukrainian and American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, who was born in Kyiv) was opened near the Sikorskyi Airport (ex-Zhuliany Airport) on August 31, 2019 – the Day of Aviation of Ukraine.
Author: sculptor Volodymyr Zhuravel.

The figure of Ihor Sikorskyi is made of bronze, covered with a dark green patina, and stands on a stylized granite hemisphere.
The height of the monument together with the pedestal is 7.2 meters.
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Coordinates:   50°24'46"N   30°26'38"E
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