Bust of Academician Keldišs in Riga
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Bust of Academician Keldišs in Riga

Bust of academician Mstislav Keldis in Riga. Built in 1978. The sculptor Ļevs Bukovskis (Riga 1910 - Riga 1984), the architect Georgs Baumanis, is located on the green of the Riga Canal, opposite the University of Latvia.

 

Text on the monument:
The hero of socialist labor academician Keldysh Mstislav Vsevolodovich for the special contribution to the development of science and technology the construction and successful launch of the first manned spacecraft of the world "Vostok" At decree of the Presidium of the High Soviet of the USSR 17 June 1961 was awarded the second gold medal "hammer and sickle"