Sculptural composition "Egyptian Pyramid"

The sculptural composition "Egyptian Pyramid" (Russian: Скульптурная композиция «Египетская пирамида») is a sculptural composition in Taganrog created by sculptor Dmitry Lyndin based on the story of Anton Chekhov "Kashtanka".

Description
The sculptural composition is executed in technology of bronze casting in a form. It is an episode of the Chekhov story "Kashtanka" – circus number "Egyptian pyramid": pig Havronya Ivanovna, goose Ivan Ivanovich, cat Fedor Timofeevich and Kashtanka.

150 kg of wax (wax model), 1000 kg of molding mixture, 1000 kg of bronze art "Br OCS 555" were used to make the composition. The figures of composition cast in bronze were subjected to engraving, grinding, polishing and artificial patination. The total cost of manufacturing, installation and improvement of sculptural composition amounted to 1 061,0 thousand rubles.

History
The opening of the monument took place on the Day of Knowledge, September 1, 2008.

Trivia
Citizens of Taganrog showed so great interest to Dmitry Lyndin's work that the Mayor of Taganrog Nikolay Fedyanin personally came to the masterful sculptor, to look how work moves on the project which won a competition.

Among the Taganrog people was born a tradition "to fulfill the desires" to rub a pig's piglet and to toss it into the litter of its slightly open jaws. A little later the young vandals "finished" a pig's piglet, squandering it with the purpose of extracting coins with the help of various devices made of wire.