In the center of this small square stands a monument to Chapaev, designed by Matvei Manizer in 1932. Vasily Chapaev himself was a distinguished military commander who joined the Bolshevik Party in 1917 and subsequently fought against the White Army in the Civil War. He disappeared after an ambush in 1919 when he tried to escape by swimming across a river. He posthumously rose to legendary status after the publication of a book called Chapaev by Dmitry Furmanov in 1924. The book was made into a popular movie ten years later. The striking statue features Chapaev at the front of a band of soldiers, urging them onwards.
Directions: Ploshchad Chapaeva is on the corner of Frunze Ulitsa and Rabochaya Ulitsa.
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