Overview
- SVR director Sergey Naryshkin and Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova led the unveiling at the Moscow studio’s square, timed to the studio’s 110th year and the SVR’s 105th.
- The bronze composition by People’s Artist of Russia Andrey Kovalchuk portrays writer Yulian Semyonov, director Tatyana Lioznova, and lead actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov.
- Kovalchuk split the work into two parts, placing a seated Semyonov apart from the director–actor pair to preserve the square’s layout and public use.
- Organizers announced an album titled “Seventeen Moments of Spring: History, Cinema, Sculpture” slated for early 2026 with photos and documents from the SVR press bureau and the Yulian Semyonov house-museum, including first-time public manuscript copies.
- The project grew from a fan initiative that secured patronage and organizational support from the Russian Historical Society.