Metal statue of casually dressed life size Sándor Petofi, who is holding sword, is located in small park near centre of Uzhgorod city. Statue is located on stone "low pyramid" pedestal. Statue was placed here in 1990 thanks Hungarian cultural history group.
Sándor Petofi (1 January 1823 – most likely 31 July 1849)...
...was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary's national poet, and was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He is the author of the Nemzeti dal (National Poem), which is said to have inspired the revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary that grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire. It is most likely that he died in the Battle of Segesvár, one of the last battles of the war.
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