{"id":14172,"date":"2020-05-10T04:15:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T01:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-to.rest\/blog\/assistant-of-saint-nicholas-the-first-uzhgorod-mini-sculpture\/"},"modified":"2020-05-10T04:15:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T01:15:24","slug":"assistant-of-saint-nicholas-the-first-uzhgorod-mini-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/go-to.rest\/blog\/en\/assistant-of-saint-nicholas-the-first-uzhgorod-mini-sculpture\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistant of Saint Nicholas \u2013 the first Uzhgorod mini-sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The assistant of Saint Nicholas is the first mini-sculpture Uzhgorod’s<\/a>. Its author is Mikhail Kolodko. It is located on the railing on Theater square (GPS: 48.622069, 22.298199). Almost immediately Uzhgorod residents began to affectionately call him Nikolai.<\/p>\n\n Installed this cute mini-sculpture on December 19, 2010.
\nHer figure is made of bronze. The height of the miniature Nikolaychik is only
\n16 centimeters, but it weighs as much as 12 kg. Sculpture almost immediately after installation
\nit became the center of Saint Nicholas day celebrations and charity auctions
\nin the city.<\/p>\n\n Local residents believe that if you RUB your nose Nikolaychik and make a wish
\ndesire, it will come true, of course, if you behaved well at least for a long time
\nlast year.<\/p>\n In his book “Uzhgorod \u2013 the world capital of mini-sculptures” Nadezhda
\nPopadyuk describes the legend associated with this mini-sculpture full of fairy-tale atmosphere.
\nAccording to this legend, in December 2010, Saint Nicholas counted how many letters were sent
\nfrom different cities and villages of Ukraine, and it turned out that the most wishes he received from
\nchildren from Uzhgorod. And most importantly all these children’s letters differed in content
\nfrom others, Uzhgorod children often asked not for material goods and gifts,
\nand health for parents and happiness and love for the family. This so struck a good heart
\nSt. Nicholas that he decided to open an official representative office in Uzhgorod
\nand installed a mini-sculpture on the railing near the pedestrian bridge on Theater square
\nyour authorized assistant. Since then everyone can RUB the nose of Uzhhorod
\nNikolaychik for healing from diseases or to find your happiness.<\/p>\n The assistant of Saint Nicholas is the first mini-sculpture Uzhgorod’s. Its author is Mikhail Kolodko. It is located on the railing on Theater square (GPS: 48.622069, 22.298199). Almost immediately Uzhgorod residents began to affectionately call him Nikolai. Installed this cute mini-sculpture on December 19, 2010.
Her figure is made of bronze. The height of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[4737,4698,4788],"tags":[4688,4571,4573],"yoast_head":"\n
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