This girl has been floating in the air for over half a century. They hand her bouquets of flowers and model airplanes, the pioneers look up at her and she just floats, clutching a bouquet in her hands, under a blossoming branch of an apple or cherry tree. This is how the glory of the world disappeared - once the girl in this relief was held in his arms by Stalin, and he, not she, was destined for flower bouquets, airplanes and the admiring glances of the pioneers. After the "cult of personality" was exposed, the city authorities did a filigree job - carefully cutting the leader out of the sculpture group and leaving the children behind. Including a girl hanging in the air. This panel from the series "Thanks to Comrade Stalin for our happy childhood" appeared in the house after the war. And now few people remember how sensitive and politically sensitive this issue was. The fact is that group portraits of Stalin with children, such as the slogan about "happy childhood", appeared in the late 1930s. After that, at the Leningrad porcelain factory, the sculpture group "Thanks to Comrade Stalin for our happy childhood" was developed, in which the father of nations was shown with three children - two boys and one girl. It was no accident - the children were supposed to play Stalin's own children. But before the war, the series never entered circulation, and when they decided to renew it after the war, there was a glitch: one of the leader's sons died in German captivity, which is why the previous children's series could become a painful reminder for Stalin. And then the problem was solved simply - one boy was cut, leaving Stalin with one boy and one girl. In Voronezh, the panel included not only pioneers, but also a fully grown woman with a bouquet of flowers, so no political risks were seen here. But others appeared, so from then on the house was nicknamed in the city: "The house with the flying girl".

This girl has been floating in the air for over half a century. They hand her bouquets of flowers and model airplanes, the pioneers look up at her and she just floats, clutching a bouquet in her hands, under a blossoming branch of an apple or cherry tree. This is how the glory of the world disappeared - once the girl in this relief was held in his arms by Stalin, and he, not she, was destined for flower bouquets, airplanes and the admiring glances of the pioneers. After the "cult of personality" was exposed, the city authorities did a filigree job - carefully cutting the leader out of the sculpture group and leaving the children behind. Including a girl hanging in the air. This panel from the series "Thanks to Comrade Stalin for our happy childhood" appeared in the house after the war. And now few people remember how sensitive and politically sensitive this issue was. The fact is that group portraits of Stalin with children, such as the slogan about "happy childhood", appeared in the late 1930s. After that, at the Leningrad porcelain factory, the sculpture group "Thanks to Comrade Stalin for our happy childhood" was developed, in which the father of nations was shown with three children - two boys and one girl. It was no accident - the children were supposed to play Stalin's own children. But before the war, the series never entered circulation, and when they decided to renew it after the war, there was a glitch: one of the leader's sons died in German captivity, which is why the previous children's series could become a painful reminder for Stalin. And then the problem was solved simply - one boy was cut, leaving Stalin with one boy and one girl. In Voronezh, the panel included not only pioneers, but also a fully grown woman with a bouquet of flowers, so no political risks were seen here. But others appeared, so from then on the house was nicknamed in the city: "The house with the flying girl".