Monument to a lamppost

Actually, the dog's name was Yasha

This monument was erected in 2004. The sculptor, Yelena Nikitina, felt that it would look rather boring and decided to add a peeing dog to it. She knew one male whose name was Yasha (Russian for Jacob...

One more trash

To my surprise this terrible statue of a pissing dog included in all guide-books. But in reality it is not at all attractive and can not be named as any kind of art masterpiece. Rather it is a demonst...

Plain dog

Just a dog, too large to photograph the whole thing in one. I expected it to be cuter. Not really worth looking for.

Vologda has a sense of humor...

We discovered this next to the walking bridge over the Vologda River. If you didn't know what it was, you may not understand that this is the monument to 100 years of outdoor electric lamp posts. We l...

you'll miss it if you don't know what it is.

I was with a local who was showing me around for the afternoon, and she told me about this monument. It is literally a faux old-timey style lightpost with a bronze dog statue peeing at the base of it ...