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The Kört-Aika Monument is a steel statue located at the entrance to the village of Kortkeros, Kortkerossky District, Komi Republic, Russia. It is a statue of a man pulling up several boats with his chains.

The Kört-Aika Monument is a steel statue that is 100 by 100 millimetres (3.9 in × 3.9 in) in height, and 80 by 80 millimetres (3.1 in × 3.1 in) in length, with the chains measured in 40 by 4 millimetres (1.57 in × 0.16 in) in length. The statue weighs around 1 tonne (2,200 lb).^[1]

Yuri Shagunov, president of the Russian Union of Blacksmiths, commissioned the monument's construction^[2] to two blacksmiths, Alexander Sushnikov (from St. Petersburg) and Georgii Gorbachev (from Moscow). It was initially installed in the courtyard of a local blacksmith, Igor Usachev, before being built at the village's entrance on November 12.^[1][3]

Some residents objected to the statue's existence, as they considered it to promote a revival of the native Komi religion. Furthermore, some residents also considered the statue to be a monument of a robber.

In response, the statue's creators stated that it is not a pagan monument, but a work of art.^[4][5] The local diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church also stated that the statue does not bear any religious or ideological motive.^[6]

• Komi mythology

• International Festival of Blacksmith Art "Kort Aika" (Russian)

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