"150- th anniversary of Defense of Sevastopol
in Crimean War "
Memorial Art -Chess
Author Mrs. ELENA URALOVA.
©
For the first time on the chess field (Mini-monument
in the designed chessmen) there will be represented: Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund
Lyons Bart; Plissier , duke of Malakoff, marshal of France ; Florence Nightingale;
Admiral Nakhimov; Yekaterina Mikhailovna Bakunina; Dasha Sevastopol'skaja;
Petr Koshka and other defenders of Crimean War. So, the meeting of participants'
descendants of those heroic and tragic events (1854-1856) would be very
original and exclusive at such a chessboard.
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The Pieces are executed in two tones: gold - yellow
(color of memory of Christ)
and dark - red (color of memory of The Cross of the Lord).
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The Whites |
The Blacks. |
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King - Admiral Nakhimov P. S. (1802-1855). |
King - Plissier
, duke of Malakoff, marshal of France( 1794 -1864 ). Queen -Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910 ). Officer - Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons (1790-1858). Officer- Abdul Medzhid the Turkish Sultan(1823 - 1861). Knights- Horses,being brought by adversaries on the ships and used in landbattles. Rooks- British sail- and steam-propelled manowars, which were more maneuverable than Russian Pawns ; The soldier, Turkish army; Soldier, Sardin army; Sailor, British fleet; Soldier a Scot, British army; Artilleryman, French army; Soldier with the unionbody, French army; Soldier infantryman of Suaf, French army; Sapper, French army. |
