Postcard made in the Soviet Union, 1978 with the monument of Vasily Chapaev. The monument was installed in Chapaev Square in front of the drama theatre.
It erected in 1932 to commemorate 15th anniversary of October Revolution and was designed by architect Iosif Langbard and sculptor Matvey Manizer.
Manizer was the first sculptor in the history of the Soviet art who decided to attempt creating a multi-figure equestrian sculpture. Amongst the figures are a commissar, a Bashkir soldier, a partisan peasant, a Tatar soldier in a torn shirt, a female in headscarf, a sailor and Chapaev on horseback with a sabre. Characters of the monument are based on real participants of the civil war.
Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev or Chapaev (1887-1919) was a celebrated Russian soldier and Red Army commander during the Russian Civil War.