The Russian Monument at San Stefano
| The Russian Monument at San Stefano | |
|---|---|
Храм-усыпальница русских воинов | |
Russian Orthodoxy | |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Granite and white French stone |
| Grounds | six acres |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Vladimir Suslov? |
The Russian Monument at San Stefano (Russian: Храм-усыпальница русских воинов, lit. 'The Temple Mausoleum of Russian Soldiers') was a
History
Construction & Architecture
The Russian Monument at San Stefano was built to honor the Russian soldiers who died in the
Demolition & Film
On November 14, 1914, as the
26-year-old Fuat Uzkinay was assigned to film the demolition using a camera from Vienna by the CUP, beginning his filmmaking career. The film, "Demolition of the Monument at San Stefano", supposedly documented the church before, during, and after its destruction, but no copies, only a few photographs, of the event remain, leading some researchers to question whether it was ever actually made or if only photographs existed.[2] The last known copy is believed to have been lost around 1941,[4] Despite this uncertainty, the film is considered the first Turkish film and was later embraced in the 1940s as the foundation of a national cinema in the Republican narrative.[2]
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See also
References
- ^ a b Kaya, Dİlek (2007). The Russian monument at Ayastefanos (San Stefano): Between defeat and revenge, remembering and forgetting. Middle Eastern Studies. p. 75.
- ^ a b c d Collective, Ajam Media (2020-03-07). "The Scars of Ottoman San Stefano: Traces of a Contested Past in Istanbul's Yeşilköy". Ajam Media Collective. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ MeisterDrucke. "Das russische Denkmal in San Stefano". MeisterDrucke (in German). Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Radikal-çevrimiçi / Kültür/Sanat / İlk Türk filmini gören var". 2015-11-17. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 2025-03-12.