Peaceful Atom, Volgodonsk

Peaceful Atom is a brass monument, which symbolizes the development of the nuclear industry and energy in Volgodonsk, Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is one of the famous symbols of the city. It was designed by sculptor Yuri Alexandrov. The monument was opened at the square front of Volgodonsk Airport in Tsimlyansk in 1981. However a few months later Peaceful Atom was transferred because the Chairman of the executive committee, M. Ivanitskiy, considered that the monument was too big compared with the airport terminal square and the airport building. A new place had been determined in the middle of the roundabout. It is now located at the intersection of Kurchatova and Stroiteley avenue. ()