The History of the Creation of a Memorial Sign to Georg Wilhelm Steller in Tyumen: from Idea to Implementation in an Urban Environment

Abstract

The paper deals with the perpetuation of the name of G. W. Steller in the form of the installation of an object of monumental art in Tyumen. The authors outline the structure of his memorialization: the emergence of the idea of creating a memorial sign; making a proposal for its installation; choosing the form and location; search for funding sources; the inauguration of an object of monumental art. The types and locations of the commemorative sign proposed by the participants in the discussion of the idea of preserving Steller’s memory are analyzed. The possible periods of perpetuating his name are indicated. The factors that “slow down” or “accelerate” the process of memorialization are listed.