List of monuments of Tolyatti


This is a list of monuments in Tolyatti, a city in the Samara province of Russia. Many of the entries on this list are officially protected by having formal status as monuments, but not all – some are just monuments in the generic sense of being memorials, or artwork of monumental size.
The modern history of Tolyatti only begins in the mid 1950s. Before that, the city – then called Stavropol-on-Don – was located where the Kuybyshev Reservoir now stands; it was moved to its present location before the filling of the reservoir, so there is little architecture from before then, although a few small buildings were preserved from the old Stavropol by being moved.
The main document regulating the list of monuments and their use and protection has long been a 2000 decree from the Tolyatti City Council.
By this decree, Tolyatti monuments are divided into five categories: historical monuments, architectural monuments, monumental art, memorials, and documentary monuments, and into three classes: monuments of national significance, monuments of regional significance, and monuments of local significance. The only monuments of national significance in Tolyatti are documents, which are stored at City Hall.
New monuments were to be added to the roster after assessment by experts from the Tolyatti Museum of Local History followed by a resolution from the City Council. However, the registry did not increase by a single monument after its creation, and in December 2011 the decree was revoked.
In early 2013, the Tolyatti city government released a report on the work done in Tolyatti for the conservation, use, and promotion of objects of cultural heritage and work of monumental and decorative art. This report included a suggestion for a new, substantially modified list of monuments. However, no legislation has been passed on the municipal level to implement this, although a number of monuments are protected under the aegis of the Samara provincial government.
In 2013, the Tolyatti Museum of Local History, which the City has entrusted with the promotion of cultural heritage, published lists of the cultural and historical objects of regional importance located within the city of Tolyatti, as well of monumental sites and plaques maintained by the City of Tolyatti. The Museum classifies cultural heritage sites into three types: monuments, groups of entities, and places of interest.
This list uses the classes provided by the Tolyatti Museum of Local History.
'Monument of regional significance
'Monument of the City of Tolyatti
Not listed, or protection class not available or known

MonumentImageLocationDateCreatorClass
Aleksandr Lubischev MemorialInstitute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin, south of Tolyatti near the Volga River
Annunciation MonasteryVolga River bank downstream of Tolyatti1846'
Gája Dimitrievich Gaj Monument'
Georgy Zhukov MonumentZhukov Street, Auto Factory District
Group of Buildings at the City GatewayKomsomol District, near the Volgaearly 1950s–early 1960s'
History of TransportAuto Factory District1977–1979Andrei Vasnetsov '
Ivan Krasyuk MonumentKuibyshevAzot plant, Central District-
Juliana Gromova MemorialKomsomol District
Karl Marx MonumentLiberty Square1989, restored 2007Igor Burmistenko '
Lenin Monument Central Park1924 After an original by Georgy Alexeyev'
Lesnoye SanatoriumForest between Central District and Auto Factory District1910'
LoyaltyAuto Factory District2003Oleg Klyuyev
Memorial to the Builders of the Volga Hydroelectric Power StationCentral Park
Memorial to the Founders of the CityCentral Square2000s
Monument to the Soldiers of the Afghan WarVictory Park1994N. I. Kolesnikov'
Monument to the Young Pioneer Heroes of the Great Patriotic WarVolga River bank downstream of Tolyatti
Mourning AngelCentral Park2006Igor Burmistenko '
Obelisk of GloryLiberty Square1958Mikhail Sorokin '
PrometheusPalace of Culture, Central SquareYuri Bosco
Puppet TheaterLiberty Square1958'
Repin HouseCentral Districtmid 19th century'
Saint NicholasCentral Square
Stavropol District Administrative BuildingLiberty Square1957–1958Urban Institute '
Tolyatti Pine ForestBetween Central District and Auto Factory District –- badly burnt in 2010Natural forest'
Stormy Petrel CinemaCentral District1954After an original by Zoya Brod'
Tatishchev MonumentKuybyshev Reservoir shore south of Tolyatti1998Alexander Rukavishnikov '
Tolyatti City HallLiberty Square'
Vasily Zhilin Street MarkerZhilina Street, Central District
Victor Nosov MemorialSchool #4, Central District1967A. I. Frolov'
Victory MonumentVictory Park1985Simon Winograd
Yevgeny Nikonov Memorial1979