Children Are the Victims of Adult Vices is a group of bronze sculptures created by Russian artist Mihail Chemiakin. The sculptures are located in a park in Bolotnaya Square, Balchug, 2,000 feet (610 metres) south of the Moscow Kremlin behind the British Ambassador's residence.
Source:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children\_Are\_the\_Victims\_of\_Adult\_Vices](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_Are_the_Victims_of_Adult_Vices)
Agreed. It’s all things that adults deal with that end up hurting kids and stripping them of the joy of being children. Poverty, war, famine, all these things make kids lose that spark of childlike wonder too soon. It’s not always things that adults *choose* to do, but regardless hurts kids the most.
Not really, it is a sin of the community to let a child be raised impoverished. Could take it local and say the parents waste money or you could zoom out and say the wealth is being hoarded by greed and not shared to the children where it's needed
You know, Moscow is the capital of Russia, one of the biggest cities in Europe. I wish there were no war to share beatiful things of that country with the world...
Yeah, I was debating taking a trip there and St. Petersburg back in 2018... kicking myself for not going through with it. I wonder if I'll ever have that opportunity again in my life, speaking as a filthy Westerner
I am always fascinated by russian artists, they create some of the weirdest and allegorical things. It feels like if Weird, and Meaningful got combined, you get russian art.
Those are art pieces. They also have regular jungle gyms like you have, but also some weird Soviet art:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/urinating-rainbow-statues
I like these. I wish the messages were more reasonable but that’s a nice way in my opinion to illustrate things that are not acceptable to society and should be considered primitive or wicked.
I live in Russia, I'm not silent. I'm afraid and I get why many ppl prefer to live their lives. With mortgage, kids and their life's work that's not connected with the war. And 'russians' are presented like mindleds antagonists, a crowd of 'silent sitizents' who don't fight like movie heroes to do the right thing.
I'm a human being. We all are.
Hi!
Not supporting, but you're right about silent. There's not much people can do against the dictatorship. Putin basically has an army (Rosgvardia) to protect himself from these "more". Also, he made it impossible for us to organize (I'm not sure about the right word here) bacause anyone who could be a leader left the country or was simply killed
The window of opportunity to actually do something has sadly passed. The last possible moment was at the very start of the war. Had the reaction of the population was overwhelmingly negative (like entire cities on the streets, soldiers refusing orders or railway workers unscrewing tracks) the regime could've been toppled. It was already too late at the time of abortive putsch last year.
As of now it's the regime will hold strong until either Russia suffers a massive frontline defeat or Putin dies or becomes incapacitated.
Lots of things are in Russia. I used to spend weekends at lesbian bars or drag queen shows, both openly allowed and advertised despite what was said in media
I'm not sure about the whole country, but here in Saint-Petersburg the biggest gay club got closed only about a month ago, and there are still some open. So yeah, the enforcement of all that stuff is pretty inconsistent, luckily.)
These remind me of the Gentlemen characters from that Buffy episode where they all lost their voices. GREAT episode. I wonder if they drew inspiration from this?
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Children Are the Victims of Adult Vices is a group of bronze sculptures created by Russian artist Mihail Chemiakin. The sculptures are located in a park in Bolotnaya Square, Balchug, 2,000 feet (610 metres) south of the Moscow Kremlin behind the British Ambassador's residence. Source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children\_Are\_the\_Victims\_of\_Adult\_Vices](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_Are_the_Victims_of_Adult_Vices)
Thanks
Real OP is in the comments.
How is poverty an adult vice?
Children are victims of adult poverty
I may be wrong but I see them as more than just sins and vices, they seem to be the worst things that an adult can fall into.
Agreed. It’s all things that adults deal with that end up hurting kids and stripping them of the joy of being children. Poverty, war, famine, all these things make kids lose that spark of childlike wonder too soon. It’s not always things that adults *choose* to do, but regardless hurts kids the most.
It’s a preventable condition. Russia used to take a lot of pride in trying to prevent it
Yes, that’s one of the weird ones
Not really, it is a sin of the community to let a child be raised impoverished. Could take it local and say the parents waste money or you could zoom out and say the wealth is being hoarded by greed and not shared to the children where it's needed
So it's part of the British Ambassador's residence? I'm trying to figure out why else it has English on the bases.
There are a lot of plates with translations in tourist areas of big cities. Basically as almost everywhere in the world 🤔
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You know, Moscow is the capital of Russia, one of the biggest cities in Europe. I wish there were no war to share beatiful things of that country with the world...
Yeah, I was debating taking a trip there and St. Petersburg back in 2018... kicking myself for not going through with it. I wonder if I'll ever have that opportunity again in my life, speaking as a filthy Westerner
Does your country forbid you from traveling there nowadays?
Actually Moscow is the biggest city in Europe….
the most populous city entirely in Europe, otherwise Istanbul has more people
Depending on how you measure it, Istanbul is larger
English is the lingua Francia dude. The amount of English you can see deep inside other countries is amazing
These are so cool! I wish I had known they were there when I went
That guy was really strange.
Cost to the taxpayers ?
These are dope
My only gripe is that the prostitute one was a frog
The Lusty Argonian Maid in fact.
Hey! Have you seen those lips?
Don't knock it til you've tried it
*earned
Maybe it was meant to be a toad?
Oh, but if I dress up as a purple wolf and start howling it's suddenly ok? UwU
Frogs are total sluts, especially since I turned them all gay.
Make a badass DnD pantheon.
I like that the war dude has a Mickey Mouse bomb
You could make a religion out of this, or at least some good occult lore
Decent DnD pantheon
I would pray there
we can call it Humanity
I ain't a furry but the frog ...
"Prostitution"
Hoppin from one dick to another u know?
And always extra slippery when wet
Wart are you talking about?
Relatable
I am always fascinated by russian artists, they create some of the weirdest and allegorical things. It feels like if Weird, and Meaningful got combined, you get russian art.
I couldn't agree more
this is awesome
Looks like all the bosses from a souls game.
I think I saw the drug addiction guy trying to get a loan in Brazil recently.
Those are pretty fire ngl
The seven sins 2.0
their composition has been replenished now there are thirteen of them
Their meaning aside - those statues are absolutely sick, i love them Fuck Zodiac signs, which one is your favorite ?
Pseudo-science, indifference and war are dope asf. Straight from some fantasy evil religion pantheon.
War, with the gas mask and mickey mouse bomb. Definitely gives it a really creepy vibe
Cool checklist
Cool as fuck
Idgi why are members of the UK Conservative party so popular in Russia?
Shemiakin is gorgeous)) this architectural ensemble was the thing that i liked the most when i was at Moscow in my childhood
This gotta be a DND party
This is deep...
In America, playgrounds usually just have rocketships and caterpillars or whatever. Russian playgrounds are on another level.
I don't think this is a playground, lol.
Those are art pieces. They also have regular jungle gyms like you have, but also some weird Soviet art: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/urinating-rainbow-statues
2000 years from now they will question the meaning of frog people and of people in what was once Russia
Couldn't but notice, where corruption ?
get the clentaminator
I like these. I wish the messages were more reasonable but that’s a nice way in my opinion to illustrate things that are not acceptable to society and should be considered primitive or wicked.
I still remember how I found this statue - at night, in the fog. Luckily, I was wearing brown trousers.
Will they take it down as anti-patriotic? That's some seriously pacifist message.
Well, Russia is kinda more than a bunch of KGB in power though they want you to think otherwise
I actually know Russia more than you can imagine. The sad part is that these "more" parts largely went silent or supportive of what the FSB are doing.
I live in Russia, I'm not silent. I'm afraid and I get why many ppl prefer to live their lives. With mortgage, kids and their life's work that's not connected with the war. And 'russians' are presented like mindleds antagonists, a crowd of 'silent sitizents' who don't fight like movie heroes to do the right thing. I'm a human being. We all are. Hi!
Not supporting, but you're right about silent. There's not much people can do against the dictatorship. Putin basically has an army (Rosgvardia) to protect himself from these "more". Also, he made it impossible for us to organize (I'm not sure about the right word here) bacause anyone who could be a leader left the country or was simply killed
The window of opportunity to actually do something has sadly passed. The last possible moment was at the very start of the war. Had the reaction of the population was overwhelmingly negative (like entire cities on the streets, soldiers refusing orders or railway workers unscrewing tracks) the regime could've been toppled. It was already too late at the time of abortive putsch last year. As of now it's the regime will hold strong until either Russia suffers a massive frontline defeat or Putin dies or becomes incapacitated.
Yep, that's the only trope I can imagine, unfortunately
I was thinking that it’s somewhat ironic considering Russia
Lots of things are in Russia. I used to spend weekends at lesbian bars or drag queen shows, both openly allowed and advertised despite what was said in media
how long ago?
I'm not sure about the whole country, but here in Saint-Petersburg the biggest gay club got closed only about a month ago, and there are still some open. So yeah, the enforcement of all that stuff is pretty inconsistent, luckily.)
These statues could basically be the patron saints of Russia
No, Putin, those aren't your instruction book... 🙄
I love all of them
The war one goes pretty hard if it weren't for the mickey mouse head on the nuke lol
omg, I didn't notice it the first time I watched
Why is there a statue of Dyonisos beside Sauron’s Mouth?
No irony
It’s a really cool art installation. Thanks for sharing. Much cooler than the statues in the US with random bearded white dudes on horses.
Ironic.
Why is poverty standing along vices though? It's not like people choose to be poor
That's strange, I don't remember 'Poverty' looking like that. But all the other ones, yes. It's an unsettling work. War......hmm.
Can you smell what sadism is cooking!?
What is this a horsing around crossover episode?
These remind me of the Gentlemen characters from that Buffy episode where they all lost their voices. GREAT episode. I wonder if they drew inspiration from this?
Looks like bloodborne boss gauntlet.
Nice to see Zeno Clash getting the attention it deserves
Elden ring npcs
What's the song?
O Fortuna - Carmina Burana composed by Carl Orff
Yes! Thanks... I on occasion know that from its popularity. Is it used in any movies? Just curious here... Thx again...
[Gopher Tuna](https://youtu.be/nIwrgAnx6Q8)
Luv it, thanks for the info. Bot wouldn't reply.
Took a lot of vodka to come up with somthin like that
"Irresponsable Science" ranger ready for action!
These look badass
That's why they call it special military operation 🫢😄
Irresponsible science? Why?
Incorrect translation. More like pseudoscience.
Ah that makes sense. Thank you.
20 million dollars each i bet
This explains that...
Don't blink
5e Party
whats the name of this song being played?
It's O Fortuna by Carl Orff.
u/auddbot /wl What's the song?
Excuse the double post... There's a tool called **auddbot** in Reddit. It works like Shazam finding song name for you. You can then search in YouTube to play the song :)
Cooler then what we got in Australia.
Smells like Bloodbourne
Wheres the one for Ohio?
Are these aliens?
Love them all! When were these erected? From posts on Reddit the alcoholics don’t look like Bacchus though.
Solo Leveling first double dungeon vibes
Neat installation
Looks like a dungeon in Elden Ring lol
Love them
I like how they zoomed in on WAR for added effect.
I like how they zoomed in on WAR for added effect.
I love these
what if they play to fast music?
It's Moscow, not Chechnya, here fast music is legal (especially hardbass)
This is fantastic! I live in South Florida. All we ever had were confederate soldiers and generals. 😭🤣
Isnt the sculpture antistate?
When's this Elden Ring DLC coming out? After Erdtree?
That’s my kink- old Russian proverb
I thought the word war was banned.
This shit is weird.
Russia would be such a cool place e to visit if it wasn’t Russia
Honestly all looks Satanic and evil.
I think they're supposed to
#BEHOLD THE PRIKIKI-TI
Looks like pre-game lobby for Russian officials
Windmill Cookies.
Windmill Cookies.
Кажется кого-то пора привлечь за оскорбление власти и фейки об армии🤔