The statue "The Worker and the Peasant Woman" by a Soviet sculptor Vera Mukhina is highlighted by a searchlight and fireworks during the celebration after its unveiling in Moscow, December 4, 2009. Designed for the 1937 Paris international exposition, Mukhina's statue was conceived as an image of Soviet industrial progress.
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