Abstract. The article discusses monumental sculptural portraits of the 1970s–1980s by the
Leningrad / Saint Petersburg master V. E. Gorevoy. The author identifi es artistic trends
in the group of monuments under consideration and the evolution of the heroics of these
images, designates the main methods that the sculptor used in his works.
Keywords: sculpture, monumental portrait, V. E. Gorevoy, Russian sculpture, Soviet sculp-
ture, heroics of the image
