"An interesting monument to a famous resident of Saratov is located almost in the center of the picturesque intersection of Kirov and Radishchev streets. Nikolai Gavrilovich appears here as a withdrawn, thoughtful and slightly embarrassed person, perhaps because he occupies the place of a monument to Emperor Alexander II, under whom he lived, created and was exiled for constantly arousing hostile feelings towards the government. Or perhaps the Master of Russian Literature appears like this because most modern citizens passing by have never heard the words monism and dualism and consider them abusive and do not care about the "Anthropological principle in philosophy" ... But this is not the only monument to Chernyshevsky in Saratov"

Дядя Фёдор

"Installed in 1953. Bronze. Sculptor A.P. Kibalnikov."

Андрей Смирнов

"The first monument – ​​a plaster (or concrete) bust of Chernyshevsky by sculptor P. F. Dunduk – was installed on the pedestal of the removed monument to Tsar Alexander II on November 7, 1918. In 1934, it was decided to dismantle the quickly deteriorating bust. The pedestal, dismantled in the autumn of 1935, was saved and later used in the construction of a monument to F. E. Dzerzhinsky on the Station Square. Only in 1953, a new sculpture of Chernyshevsky was cast by sculptor A. P. Kibalnikov, this time in bronze, full-length. The clay model was personally approved by Joseph Stalin, with the only remark regarding the long hair, which, however, was left. The pedestal was made according to the design of the architect N. P. Grishin. The unveiling of the monument, which later became one of the symbols of Saratov, was timed to coincide with the 125th anniversary of Chernyshevsky's birth and took place on July 26, 1953.
It is worth noting the political and ideological subtext of the monument's placement on the site of a monument to Alexander II, under whose regime he was exiled to hard labor for anti-government activities."

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