“Look within.
Within is the fountain of good,
and it will ever bubble up,
if thou wilt ever dig.”
-Marcus Aurelius
The Friendship of People Fountain or the Friendship of Nations Fountain in Moscow, Russia
Bubbling over with Cannabis
Taking a look at one of the worlds great fountains in Moscow’s square takes your breath away. A closer look at the subject matter on the fountain, drops your jaw…
Cannabis, Opium and Girls oh my…
Statue of woman holding both cannabis and opium flowers with Wheat, Sunflowers and Cannabis on main fountain behind. The Friendship of People Fountain or the Friendship of Nations Fountain in Moscow, Russia
Construction of The Friendship of People Fountain or the Friendship of Nations Fountain in the VDNKh park (also called The All-Russia Exhibition Center) in Moscow, was started just after WW2 in 1951 and completed in 1954.
The 16 statues of women representing the different nationalities and Republics of the Soviet Union are represented circling the main column featuring pillars of Wheat, Sunflowers and of course Cannabis…
Statue (on the right) holding both cannabis and opium flowers with both also growing at her feet! The Friendship of People Fountain or the Friendship of Nations Fountain in Moscow, Russia
Some of the statues of the women representing the different nationalities and Republics of the Soviet Union are holding opium or poppy flowers along with of course Cannabis…
A few statues even have depictions of both growing at their feet…
The Republics of the Soviet Union depicted by the female Statues are- the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainian SSR), the Uzbek SSR, the Georgian SSR, the Lithuanian SSR, the Latvian SSR, the Tajik SSR, the Turkmen SSR, the Karelo-Finnish SSR, the Estonian SSR, the Armenian SSR, the Moldavian SSR, the Kirghiz (Kyrgyz ) SSR, the Azerbaijan SSR, the Kazakh SSR & the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus (Byelorussian SSR).
Cannabis, Wheat and Sunflowers can be found in the main fountain sculpture on The Friendship of People Fountain or the Friendship of Nations Fountain in Moscow, Russia
Viewing one of man kinds greatest works, take a closer look to see what might be hiding, inspiring the soul…
The Friendship of People Fountain or the Friendship of Nations Fountain in Moscow, Russia