Famous graffiti depicting the musicians of the British rock band The Beatles was painted in Sochi. Sochi City Assembly Deputy Vladislav Teplyakov told the portal sochi newsUntil May 9, portraits of the heroes of the underground organization “Young Guard” – Oleg Koshevoy, Ulyana Gromova, Lyubov Shevtsova, Ivan Zemnukhov and Sergey Tyulenin – will appear on this wall.
“On the eve of Victory Day, May 9, it was decided to depict the Young Guard, the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, in this symbolic place – next to Komsomolsky Square, a place of memory,” Teplyakov said.
Graffiti with Beatles members was created in 2017 by Belarusian artists Gleb Kashtanov and Yan Kuzmin. They also did portraits of Ostap Bender, Captain Kusteau, Operation Y characters and other heroes on the streets of Sochi.
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