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Monument to Azerbaijan geologist to be established in Khanty-Mansiysk

16 August 2010 [15:55] - TODAY.AZ
In Khanty-Mansiysk near a district museum of geology, oil and gas by Day of workers of oil and gas sector the monument to the known Azerbaijan geologist and oil industry worker Farman Salmanov will be established.

Private businessmen of Khanty-Mansiysk have decided to establish a monument. They have received the building licence and have held competition on sculpture creation in which the Russian and foreign sculptors participated. Azerbaijan masters won the competition. As it became known, the oil derrick and an oil fountain from bronze will become one of composition elements. Let's mark that one more monument of Farman Salmanov has been open in the summer of last year in capital of Yamal - Salekhard. The deserved artist of the Russian Federation, sculptor Nikolay Raspopov became the author of the project.


/Baku-Art/
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