Basically, employers require specialists who understand the fields that are familiar to us all: economics, medicine, engineering, and the like. But in the world there are many other, most unusual and strange professions unknown to most people, which few have heard of, and certainly no one knows, where they teach professional ant catching, show a master class on removing the brain from the head of a slaughtered animal and explain how trading dreams correctly. We will tell you about these and many other strange types of work in the continuation of the article.

1. Ant catcher

The ant catcher must catch the best individuals in the anthill, which will subsequently serve for procreation on artificial ant farms.

2. Brain remover

The brain remover's place of work is a slaughterhouse. His job is to place the head of a slaughtered animal on the table and, after its skull is split open, remove the brain, which is then sent to restaurants.

3. Mattress tester

Who among us did not like to jump on the bed as a child? True, our parents scolded us for it back then, but Ruben Reynoso gets paid for it! A man works in a mattress factory and jumps on them as much as he wants.

4. An organizer who will help get your child together Kid `s camp

When going on vacation or another long trip, there's always the risk of forgetting something important, but for New Yorkers, that's no longer a problem. For less than a thousand dollars, an organizer will come to the American home and collect everything necessary for the children’s trip to summer camp.

5. People living in luxury apartments and getting paid for it

It’s difficult to call this activity work: live in luxury apartments, enjoy life and get money for it - paradise, and that’s all! But these people are essentially nomads who only create the appearance of life in the house, maintaining ideal cleanliness and order. And when buyers are found for the house, the family must immediately move to another luxurious house.

Jumping off a cliff into the unknown - what could be scarier? What if they pay money for it? Red Bull cliff diving competitions are held all over the world, and to date, half of the competitions have already taken place, in which extreme athletes from different countries, having conquered a height of 27 meters.

And this job seems like one of the most boring jobs in the world, and maybe it is. Dr. Thomas Curwen, 34, spends his working day carefully watching paint dry, watching its color and texture change. The doctor must guarantee that the paint is durable and will not peel off in the near future.

In Asian countries, people are accustomed to restraining themselves, so funerals are served by special mourners. Prices for the services of such personnel look approximately like this: crying - 1 coin; crying with howling - 3 coins; hysterical crying with howling and falling to your knees - 7 coins; sobbing with beating one's chest, tearing clothes and rolling on the ground - 20 coins. Before starting work, you must pass a test on your knowledge of traditions, the ability to cry dramatically and instantly calm down.

Perhaps one of the strangest professions is that of a scarecrow man. Nevertheless, the young man who completed his studies at the institute got this job. His job was to scare away local birds with an accordion and bell, and he was required to wear a bright orange coat. For this performance he was paid £250 a week.

A person of this profession comes up with sonorous names for the clothes of the new collection. "Drops of Blood on Garibaldi", "Jawaharlav's Rice Pudding", "The Seduction of the Prince of Bohemia" and even "Hippie Boy, Take Me!" - this is his handiwork.

These people work in Antarctica and save poor birds who stare at airplanes and fall on their backs. After all, by their nature, penguins are not able to rise on their own.

A postal clerk dreams of becoming a great actor for one night. A businessman dreams of managing a multi-ton train. A psychiatrist dreams of meeting 20 girls from 20 different countries over 20 weekends. How to make their dreams come true? One of the Chicago companies is engaged in bringing to life any fantasies and desires of its clients. All you need to do is come to their office, tell them what you dream of, and pay the amount that the specialists will tell you. However, remember that the minimum cost to make your dream come true is $150,000.

A new service has also appeared in the Middle Kingdom... On the streets of Chinese cities you can now meet comrades who, for a fee of 4 cents, are ready to tell anyone where the nearest public toilet. In their work books That’s how it’s written: “Civil servant - toilet guide”!

One of large companies, which produces condoms, has opened several new vacancies. The office is recruiting young people for the position of “Condom Testers”! An unlimited number of consumables are included in the tester's standard equipment. The one who best supplies the office useful information about the progress of the tests, will receive a $1000 bonus!

Fortune cookies, popular throughout the world, require regular and correct preparation of these same predictions. Their author must certainly have good imagination, because prophecies must be clear, interesting, varied and unusual. At first glance, the work seems easy, but try to come up with at least a hundred similar predictions!

Basic consumables at this job - swimming trunks. They wear through at an alarming rate, because the main working weapon here is the buttocks. And Tom Lynch's buttocks are known all over the world wherever there are water parks. With his fifth point, he tested hundreds of slides, while recording his feelings in special forms.

Do you know what absolute pitch is? In Italy, for example, this is the ability to clearly perform the song “O sole mia” on Parmesan cheese. The factories where it is produced employ people with musical education. They tap the heads of cheese with a silver hammer to determine if they are ripe. And it matures for 3 years, producing new notes every day. The further you go, the louder the parmesan.

Some pastry shops have so-called egg sniffers. They ensure that rotten chicken eggs are not used for confectionery production.

You can honestly be happy for the British. An office has appeared in the country, promising citizens that they will not stand in queues. A specially trained “stander” will do this for them. The services are not cheap - almost 40 bucks per hour. If you consider that every Englishman stands in line for more than a year in his life, then the savings are obvious!

Tests the effectiveness of chewing gum by smelling the breath of people with bad teeth after eating garlic or alcohol. Good chewing gum should muffle all this.

At the annual marijuana festival in Amsterdam, weed producers compete in many categories: the most delicious marijuana, the most beautiful in color, the most fun, with the strongest effect... The winner is determined by judges who have to taste up to 30 varieties of weed a day. And while the winners are awarded for the most striking effect, they are trying to return the tasters from the “Land of Laughter”.

As society develops, the need for some professions inevitably disappears. In demand several centuries ago, today they have become history

Lamplighter

In Russia, this profession became widespread at the beginning of the 18th century. In 1718, he issued a decree “On lighting the streets of St. Petersburg,” and five years later there were already six hundred lamps on the city streets, serviced by 64 lamplighters. During the reign, the first team of lamplighters appeared, consisting of. Later it came under the jurisdiction of one of the police departments.

Source: www.korrespondent.net

In the Russian Empire of the 19th century, former military personnel often became lamplighters. They could work both day and night, were distinguished by discipline, endurance, and most importantly, they were able to fend for themselves in night skirmishes with hooligans or thieves. The lamplighter's duty was to go around dozens of lanterns in an hour, pouring hemp oil into them and adjusting the wicks. There were rumors that some lamplighters serve unscrupulously: they take part of the hemp oil for themselves, so the lanterns emit a weak light and generally do not burn for long. Over time, oil was replaced by kerosene.

Workers had ladders or long poles to help them reach the lantern, as well as a set of tools. Even after the invention of A.N. Lodygin incandescent lamps and the appearance of electric lanterns (1873), the profession did not disappear - they still had to be turned on manually. The work of lamplighters ceased to be in demand after the invention of automatic ignition in the 30s of the twentieth century.

Source: www.ptmap.ru

Nowadays, in many cities you can find monuments to lamplighters as a tribute to a bygone profession. One of these monuments is located on Odesskaya Street in St. Petersburg - exactly at the place where the first electric lantern was lit.

Milliner

A female profession associated with the world of fashion appeared in France in the 18th century. Milliners were engaged in creating headdresses and decorations for them, sewing capes, veils, scarves and home dresses. Old item they could redesign the wardrobe, add accessories and turn it into a real work of art. Milliners gained wide popularity thanks to the skillfully created ladies' hats. Each handmade model was one of a kind. The most sought-after representatives of this profession could afford to keep up to a hundred workers under their command and open their own workshops.

In the Russian Empire, the profession of milliner began to gain popularity in the 1800s. Women united in specialized communities, opened milliner schools, and shared their skills. At the end of the 19th century, the activities of milliners began to be covered in periodicals. Prototypes of future glossy magazines were published in St. Petersburg, including “Fashion Bulletin” and “Ministka” with illustrations of hats and jewelry in the form of brooches, ribbons, feathers and precious stones.

The work of milliners remained relevant throughout the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries, and then faded away due to changes in the structure of the fashion industry and changing trends. Creating exquisite hats is now the destiny of designers.

Ballroom pianist

In the era of silent films, the only sound accompaniment of what was happening on the screen was the piano playing. It was handled by a man from a profession that has sunk into oblivion - a tapper. In fact, tappers appeared even earlier than cinema. They worked at balls, dinner parties and other social events. The word tapeur itself is French, and translates as “to clap” or “to hit.” With the advent of cinema, the profession of a tapper gained wide popularity and remained so for at least thirty years. Many attempts to make sound films were unsuccessful, and filmmakers saw tapers as their only salvation. Even then it became clear that watching a picture in complete silence was a dubious pleasure.

Source: www.luxfon.com

It is interesting that the profession of tapper became most widely known precisely in the Russian Empire. In the 1910s in the country, the number of cinemas (they were then called “cinemas”) numbered in the thousands, and the number of spectators in tens of millions per year. Cinematography like the new kind art, was negatively perceived by the theater community, which was rightly afraid of competition. Directors, actors, scriptwriters and performers were not recommended to leave the theater for the cinema.

Those who, despite criticism, did things their own way were often despised. The work of a pianist was considered unworthy of a qualified pianist, although it required considerable dedication. Tappers performed their duties for 7-10 hours a day without a break, sitting in a stuffy room without windows. They played in the dark so as not to distract the audience's attention from the screen. Of course, not every pianist could accept such conditions with dignity.

There was a gradation of tapers. The less talented played according to special sheet music - film libraries, while the most gifted were called “pianist-illustrators” and independently selected the musical accompaniment for each episode in the film. They can be considered the creators of the first soundtracks for films. Tapper's salary " highest category"was about 150 rubles per month.

The work of tappers remained in demand in Soviet Russia. In the 1920s, “musical film illustration” courses began to open, which continued to exist even after the appearance of the first sound films. And yet, gradually the need of filmmakers for tapers disappeared. This profession, like many others, was displaced modern technologies, however, she did not disappear without a trace. Nowadays it is becoming fashionable to organize screenings of old films on the big screen accompanied by live music, which means that the craft of tappers has received a second chance.

Hunter and falconer

Trapper is a profession that has existed in Rus' since the 11th century. In the “Lesson for Children” of the Kyiv prince Vladimir Monomakh it is indicated that hunters specialized in different types hunting, and also had authority. Falconers, fishermen, ice hunters and huntsmen freely carried out their work on the territory of the principality and could even demand that local residents participate in the hunt. Since the 13th century, documents contain references to the fishing tax, which existed later, during the rise of the Moscow principality. Evidence of this is, in particular, coins of the 14th century with an image minted on them of a man holding a falcon on his right hand. Since 1569, the concepts of “hunter” and “falconer” began to imply not only an occupation, but also a court rank.

Now let's take a tour of history. The monuments presented in this selection provide an opportunity to remember ancient professions.

A huge number of monuments have been erected in honor of such a rare and almost extinct profession as a chimney sweep.

The task of the chimney sweep was to check and clean the fireplace, stove, boiler to ensure the free exit of combustion products, as well as ventilation systems to ensure normal human life. Most often, people of this profession were and still are found in the countries of Northern Europe. Chimney sweeps were usually people of slight build; teenagers were often hired for this job, since the chimney sweep often had to climb inside the chimney.

Many consider representatives of this long-standing profession to be almost magicians. It is believed that touching a chimney sweep's button brings happiness, and if you meet him on the street, you need to make a wish. They say it always comes true.

Chimney sweep on the roof in Chelyabinsk

Chimney sweep in Lviv.

Make a wish and throw coins into the chimney sweep's hat, if we hit it, your wishes will come true

This cute chimney sweep is also a decoration of the Lviv themed cafe. It’s just not so easy to see it, it is located on the roof of the five-story “House of Legends” cafe on Staroevreiskaya Street.

And this chimney sweep is from St. Petersburg.

A grimy little man with ropes and pipe cleaners appeared on the wall of a house on Bolshaya Moskovskaya Street in October 2006. The image of a chimney sweep is associated with the legend that a chimney sweep brings happiness, good luck, and should be greeted in a special way. Sculptor A. V. Vasiliev, artists A. V. Shevardin, S. M. Simina. Height approx. 200 cm. The prototype of the sculpture is a hereditary chimney sweep, CEO Petersburg Chimney Sweep LLC Sergey Pavlovich Kurnosov. According to the story of S. M. Simina, the monument was conceived as part of a project dedicated to people various professions, who inhabited the quarter, professions that have disappeared into oblivion or have survived to this day. Chimney sweeps appeared in St. Petersburg by decree of Peter I in 1721. At police stations, the position of a furnace cleaner and his assistant was established, whose duties included cleaning soot from pipes, as well as teaching the rules of construction and operation of furnaces. Later the name of the profession changed. Nowadays, roof workers are called “chimney sweepers” and they are still in demand.

There are many monuments to chimney sweeps in the Baltic countries.

Chimney sweep and bricklayer from Riga.

The chimney sweep and the mason (Latvian: Skursteņslauķis un mūrnieks) is a sculptural group on Murnieku Street (Kamenshchitskaya) in the Latgale suburb of Riga, opened on April 26, 2007. The sculpture became a tribute to Latvian craftsmen and the first monument in independent Latvia dedicated to craft and profession. The authorship belongs to the sculptors Kārlis Ile and Girts Burvis. The prototypes were the most famous chimney sweep in the city, Varis Vilcans, and the actor, People's Artist of the USSR Karlis Sebris, who portrayed a bricklayer.

In Riga there is a monument to the chimney sweep Albert.

The monument was erected in May 2010 at the entrance to Alberta College at st. Skolas, 22. The authors are sculptors Evgeny Shitov and Dmitry Marchenkov. The sculpture was made in the Riga cabinet bronze workshop and became a gift to Riga, especially to schoolchildren and students of the city.

Klapeida, Lithuania.

Tallinn chimney sweep.

Kaunas, Lithuania.

Chimney sweep Vienna, Austria.

Chimney sweep from Mukachevo.

The monument to the kominar or sozhotrus (as chimney sweeps are called in Ukraine) was unveiled on June 12, 2010 on the main street of the city opposite the city House of Culture. The people immediately nicknamed the monument “Bertalon-bachi” - a happy chimney sweep.
The prototype was the chimney sweep of Housing Office No. 3 Bertalon Tovt, who devoted more than 50 years to this difficult profession. The monument was created by the People's Artist of Ukraine, sculptor Ivan Vasilyevich Brovdiy.
Now every Mukacheve resident has the opportunity to touch the chimney sweep’s button and make a wish.

On the pedestrian street of Nizhny Novgorod there is a Gorodova

Another law enforcement officer in Ulyanovsk.

The almost two-meter figure of the Policeman was placed on the paving stones near the Fire Department Museum, on Lenin Street. Next to the building of this museum, where before the revolution it was located fire Department, there is a house where the Simbirsk police department was located at the same time. In the Russian Empire, it was customary to build premises for firefighters and police in a single complex.

A monument to the policeman was erected in St. Petersburg

The sculpture “Cityman” was donated by the St. Petersburg City Internal Affairs Directorate on May 27, 1998 in honor of the future 300th anniversary of the city. Author: sculptor A. S. Charkin. The history of the police institute began in the 18th century. For the first time, residents of St. Petersburg saw policemen on May 27, 1718, thanks to the decree of Peter I, according to which city guards were obliged to monitor order on the streets of the Northern capital. According to the king's plan, the policeman was to become the owner of the city and protector of the townspeople. The police service existed for a long time, undergoing some changes and reforms from time to time. Under Emperor Alexander II, the guards in the city began to be called the police, and police officers appeared. A very good, but no longer used, selection criterion for police officers was that only men over 25 years of age, strong build and height of at least 175 cm were accepted for service. The candidate had to have excellent health and eyesight. Very important detail, which one should pay attention to when selecting for law enforcement officers even now - future police officers had to have competent, well-delivered speech, as well as be energetic and very smart. Candidates who passed a strict selection were trained and passed an exam, after which they were enlisted in the service. The salary received by the policeman was very good, and after finishing his service, he was awarded a good pension, but the service was also “dangerous and difficult.” Their duties included ensuring order on city streets both during the day and at night. The policeman had to keep an eye on compliance with sanitary standards retail outlets, and also under his control was street lighting. In addition, being literate people, policemen could help townspeople draw up appeals and complaints to city officials. At one time, policemen were the real masters of the city and, thanks to them, the townspeople felt protected. Each policeman had to serve 8 hours a day.

Chelyabinsk City Policeman.

A cheerful shoe shiner from Chelyabinsk.

From Nizhny Novgorod.

Cleaner from Campeche

From Baku

In Yekaterinburg, in a shopping center.

There is also a tailor there.

Cheerful shoemaker Hennrich Resche

And this is a shoemaker from London.

Cordwainer (or Cordovan) is a shoemaker who makes excellent soft leather shoes and other luxury footwear. The word comes from "cordwain", or "cordovan", leather produced in Cordoba, Spain. The term cordwainer dates back to 1100 in England. Historically, the cordwainer who made luxury shoes and boots from the finest leathers was different from the shoemaker who repaired them. This distinction gradually weakened, especially in the 20th century, when shoe dealers emerged who neither made nor repaired shoes.

In Chelyabinsk you can see a firefighter like this in an old uniform.

And this is a fire major from St. Petersburg.

The brave fire major has lived in Rybatsky on Pribrezhnaya Street since 2004. Sculptor N. Kardabovskaya. The fireman's monument was unveiled on the occasion of the 201st anniversary of the city's fire department. The sculpture “Brave Firefighter” was commissioned by the city Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The first professional firefighters appeared in St. Petersburg by decree of Alexander I in 1803. Then the fire brigade included 11 units - from 1st to 4th, Admiralteyskaya, Karetnaya, Moskovskaya, Liteinaya, Rozhdestvenskaya, Vasilievskaya, Petersburg and Vyborgskaya. Foreigners visiting Russia were then surprised that measures to combat the fire were established in St. Petersburg, unlike anywhere else in the world. To the credit of St. Petersburg firefighters, it can be noted that St. Petersburg has never burned out completely, unlike Moscow, Novgorod and many other cities and capitals.

And this is a monument to London firefighters.

St. Petersburg water carrier. Stands near the water museum

Before mid-19th century there was no centralized water supply in St. Petersburg; its launch took place in 1863, and until that time its role was played by wells and water carriers that transported water for money. Along the cobblestone streets they rolled wooden barrels on two wheels with water, which they took from rivers and canals, delivering it around the city. You could find out what kind of water a water carrier was selling by the color of the barrel: white ones were filled from the Neva, yellow ones from the Fontanka, and green ones from canals. Information about the source of water was important, since the quality of the water depended on it. Neva water was considered the best. The monument to the St. Petersburg water carrier was opened in 2003 on Shpalernaya Street near the water tower, which now houses the World of Water of St. Petersburg museum. The monument is made of bronze according to the design of the sculptor Sergei Dmitriev and the architect V. Vasilyev. It features a life-size figure of a water carrier pulling a barrel of water, with a playful dog running in front of him.

On August 29, 2006, in Kazan, on Gorky Street, an opening ceremony was held for a monument dedicated to the history of water supply - a monument to a water carrier was erected.

The monument is a gift to the residents of Kazan for City and Republic Day. The water carrier, horse and girl cast in bronze were made entirely at the expense of one of the city’s enterprises, which cost 3 million rubles.

Kronstadt, near the ancient water tower building

But such a water pot stands in China.

Water carrier from Granada.

Monument to a porter in Germany.

Monument to a customs officer in Rostov-on-Don.

The monument was created by sculptor Sergei Oleshnya with A.M. Dementiev with the help of architects Yu.Ya. Dvornikova and S.V. Lebedeva. The sculptor had previously studied chronological photographs and materials for many months in order to truly understand and recreate the image of the customs officer of those years. The sculpture of a customs officer was made with full compliance in clothing and heights of 2 meters 20 centimeters on a low (about 1 meter) granite pedestal. In the hands of the customs officer is the customs code approved by Tsarina Ekaterina Petrovna dated December 15, 1749 (the date of foundation of the Temernitsa customs).

Monument to a carriage driver in St. Petersburg.

The sculpture of a carriage driver, forming a single composition with horses and a carriage, is a monument to “Horse Horse” at the intersection of line 7 of V.O. and Sredny Prospekt. The monument was opened in 2004, when a carriage from 1872-1878 was installed; in 2005, 2 horses appeared at the carriage, and in 2009, a sculpture of a carriage driver. The driver served the horse-drawn carriage together with the conductor. The conductor sold tickets and gave signals for stops and departures, while the carriage driver drove the horses. Steering a horse-drawn horse required skill and strength - while moving down the bridge, the slightest mistake was enough and the heavy machine could run over the horses. It was necessary to carefully monitor the progress and, if necessary, immediately pull the handbrake. The counselor also had to scare off unwary passers-by by striking a copper bell. If there were steep climbs along the way, then additional horses with their own separate coachman were hitched there. When the carriage went down, the conductor also took part in braking. After the ascent and descent were over, the horses were unhooked and they remained to wait for the next horse-drawn horse that needed their help. At the final stop, the horses were transferred to the other end of the car, a bell with a brake was installed, and they set off on the return journey.

Monument to the coachman in Chelyabinsk.

Monument to coachmen ("Troika"), Lensk

A cab driver with a horse and a dog from Yekaterinburg.

IN In one of the parks in Sochi there is a monument to a moneylender.

Monument to the barber in Rostov.

The monument represents a man with a comb and a chair with a backrest on which the client must sit. The barber extended his hand invitingly and it all looks so gallant that you just want to smile. Nowadays, hairdressers and various beauty salons are being created at every step, but in those days there could only be one hairdresser in the whole city; people with natural talent and a sense of taste were hired there, because... There were no courses in stylistics back then.

Banker from Yekaterinburg.

On August 22, 2008, a monument to the guard was erected in Yaroslavl. The figure appeared at the intersection of Lenin and October avenues.

It was at this place, at the entrance to the city, that the Romanov Outpost was located in 1778. The image of the monument is collective: a quick little man with a rapier, and next to him a funny crow and a fire. It was installed for the 230th anniversary of the approval of the regular plan of Yaroslavl.

Monument to a land surveyor in Ufa.

There is a statement that the profession of land surveyor is the oldest in the world in terms of age, because land is one of the eternal values, the basis of every person’s life.

A land surveyor is a surveyor, surveyor, topographer (French géomètre arpeteur, German Geometer, Feldmesser) a technician who maps out land and generally parts of the earth's surface. Before Peter I, persons engaged in “describing and depicting lands” were called scribes, also descriptors, watchmen; Their activities were determined by special scribal orders, the first of which was issued in 1555, and the last in 1684.

Merchant, Polotsk, Belarus.

And in Yekaterinburg, a two-meter “Peddler” appeared on Weiner Street.

The opening of the sculpture was timed to coincide with Trade Workers' Day, which is celebrated on July 23. The bronze “Peddler” immediately stands out among passers-by with its height and appearance- in a frock coat, with a tray on which there are bottles of perfume, powder and spools of thread.

Rostov-on-Don is a large industrial and commercial center and one of the symbols of the city is the merchant-peddler, a monument to whom was erected in 2006 near Gorky Park.

Monument "Seller and Buyer" in Voronezh, Soborny market

The overall appearance of the monument is quite playful. Stylized figures of a peddler, a mirror seller and a young lady buyer depict an everyday scene - the purchase of a shawl. The sculptural trio stands out perfectly against the background of the walls of the Church of Xenia of St. Petersburg. The types delight the eye with their recognition. A three-ton bronze sculpture entices visitors at the entrance to the market. By the way, the monument has its own sign. If you want happiness and prosperity, rub your palm on the mirror in which the buyer of the shawl is admiring.

Boy selling newspapers.

Ulyanovsk, Lenina, 73 (near the Museum of Simbirsk Printing House)

Newspaper seller in the USA.

In Portugal.

Norway, Ålesund
Little newspaperman.

Woman selling crabs.

From ancient times, until the 70s, women selling crabs walked the streets of Bremerhaven with wheelbarrows.
So on one of the streets of the city there is a monument to Granatfrau, in the place where she had many regular customers.

Monument to a merchant on Dolac market in Zagreb

And this is a merchant from Finland

Torun. Novomeysky market. Monument tradeswoman.

Lemon seller from Hamburg.

Trader of sunflower seeds in Minsk.

Chestnut seller. Burgos, Spain.

Onion seller in Cork.

The sculpture of Seamus Murphy, created in 1935, adorns the city square.

Asparagus vendor in Schwetzingen

A German cheesemonger in a fountain on the market square in Lenz.

Witch from Lvov.

Since 1985, in the courtyard of the legendary Lviv pharmacy-museum there has been a sculpture of the Sage - an elderly woman holding a snake in her right hand and a bunch of herbs in her left.

Culinary apprentice in Ukraine.

Organ grinders in Kyiv

Near the Moscow Museum of Art.

Gomel

The work of the famous Gomel sculptor Vyacheslav Dolgov is located in one of the city squares of the Novobelitsky district. The composition represents an elderly organ grinder from the 19th century. At one time, the barrel organ was very popular among city dwellers who did not have access to expensive entertainment: after all, you could not only listen to music for a penny, but also get a ticket of good luck.
The peculiarity of the composition is that one of its structural components - the barrel organ handle - can be set in motion. According to the author's idea, anyone can spin it and make a wish.

Organ grinder from Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

From Berlin.

Spinners from Uryupinsk.

Despite the stone city walls, life in the Middle Ages was not safe. These are monuments to the guards who walked around the city at night. .

Germany, Korbach.

And these are monuments to gold miners.

In Canada.

Monument to gold miners in front of the Mint in Perth (Australia).

Gold miner from Finland

And this sculptural composition from Australia glorifies the people who built the Great Ocean Road.

Shepherd from London.

Stonecutter, Belgorod

Monument to the architect in Minsk.

Monument to a barge hauler in a city on the Volga.

Installed in 1977 in Rybinsk, Volzhskaya embankment.
The author is sculptor L. Pisarevsky.

Winegrower from Germany, Wurzburg

Monument to brewers in Tomsk.

The design of the monument is based on a sketch of a postcard from the early 20th century, with which the nephew of the founder of the Tomsk brewery, Robert Kruger, congratulated Tomsk residents on the New Year and Easter.

Kazan brewer.

Brewer from Rostov-on-Don.

Innkeeper (tavern keeper) from Chelyabinsk.

Stationmaster from Mogilev.

Station manager from Yekaterinburg.

Lamplighter from St. Petersburg.

The lamplighter’s nose is incredibly shiny, apparently residents and guests of St. Petersburg do not forget to rub it, hoping for the fulfillment of wishes or good luck. The sculpture is made of bronze and was opened on May 27, 1998. The author of the idea is St. Petersburg local historian S. Lebedev, architect V. L. Spiridonov, sculptors B. M. Sergeev and O. N. Pankratova. The sculpture represents a type of lamplighter characteristic of St. Petersburg in the 19th century. A lamplighter is sitting near the house where the laboratory of the famous inventor A. N. Lodygin was located. In the same place in 1873 in St. Petersburg, for the first time in the world, an electric lantern, created by Alexander Lodygin, was lit. And the first non-electric lanterns appeared in St. Petersburg in November 1706 by order of Peter I. Street lighting was monitored by lamplighters, whose duties included lighting and extinguishing lanterns, filling lanterns with flammable liquid, repairing lanterns. One lamplighter served 8-9 lanterns. Lanterns were lit from August to April. In 1723, there were 595 lamps on the streets of St. Petersburg, served by 64 lamplighters. By 1794, there were already 3,400 lanterns. The first models of lanterns were fueled with hemp oil. In the middle of the century, kerosene lamps appeared, and in 1819 gas lamps were lit on Aptekarsky Island. With the advent of electric lanterns, the profession of a lamplighter began to become obsolete.

And here are the lamplighters.

In Tbilisi.

The colorful “Lampionman” appeared on the street of Old Tbilisi. In the territory adjacent to the “Konka” (tram), the lamp maker will again return to his favorite work with his own ladder.
Sculptor Irakli Tsuladze revived the ancient Tbilisi tradition and returned the “Lampioner” to the residents of the capital.

From Germany.

Germany, Nuremberg.

The monument stands in the courtyard of a house in the center of Nuremberg. In this courtyard until 1922, lamplighters gathered every evening before heading out into the streets. The monument was erected in 1955. Sculptor Heinz Heiber.

In Brest.

Monument to the lamplighter Uncle Kolya.

The monument is located in Uzhgorod and it had a living prototype - the lamplighter “Uncle Kolya”, until the beginning of the twentieth century, lit lamps on the central streets of the city, carrying with him a ladder, a suitcase with tools, a pack of newspapers, a bottle “for sugrevu” and a simple snack. This briefcase still stands at the feet of the monument. Moreover, inside the hollow bronze briefcase rests a real “check” - a gift from the installers from Uncle Kolya. They abandoned it almost secretly from the sculptor.

Washerwomen from the German city of Bendorf

Perfumer from Grasse.

The city of Grasse is generally recognized as the world capital of perfumery; it was here that the production of what we now call perfume began in the 17th century. Once upon a time, Grasse factories supplied almost all of Europe with raw materials and perfumes.
It all started with a tiny town of artisans making gloves. In order to somehow highlight their products, resourceful craftsmen began to impregnate leather gloves with fragrant substances to give them a pleasant smell.
Today, 60% (!!!) of the world's perfume products are produced in Grasse, as well as most of fragrant oils that are used in the production of French perfumes. Eight of the eleven most famous fragrances in the world bloom here.Grasse is the birthplace of Chanel No. 5 perfume.And one of the places where the famous novel “Perfume” by Patrick Suskind takes place.

The author of the sculpture is Tomek Kawiak. Installed in 1997.
The author was inspired to create a bronze perfumer by a 17th-century engraving by Nicolas Larmessin.

Papermakers from Zülpich, Germany.

Dedication to the 200th anniversary of the opening of paper workshops.

Monument to the Astrologer in Mogilev.

Bronze astrologer on central square Mogileva invites mortals to look into the sky more often, to think about the eternal and lofty.

They say that according to the plan of the sculptor Vladimir Zhbanov, the monument should emit a powerful light beam into space, noticeable even outside the Solar System. The sky had to be cleared of clouds by multiple launch rocket systems so that the beam would penetrate directly into deep space. But then either the power of the electrical substation was not enough, or Lukashenko was afraid of the influx of aliens and banned the experiment.

Now the telescope is shining upward, but not much. And there are 12 chairs around (in accordance with the 12 zodiac signs), you can sit, dream, meditate

A little more exotic

Caravan workers from Uzbekistan. Samarkand

The Minnesingers were medieval German lyric poets and singers.

Fountain in Nuremberg, Germany.

Boatman from Hungary, Gyor.

Toreador or Matador (Spanish matador, lit. “one who kills bulls”) - in a Spanish bullfight, the main participant who kills the bull. The monument is located in a square in Madrid.

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Explanation.

For example,

Picture A shows a helmet, a brush and a roller. They are needed painter. He paints houses and apartments.

Picture B shows sewing machine. Works on it seamstress. She sews clothes for people.

Picture B shows reagents and test tubes. Works with them chemist. He studies various substances and their interactions.

Source: Demo version of the VPR on the surrounding world, grade 4, 2017, Demo version of the VPR on the surrounding world, grade 4, 2018.

The photographs show objects that representatives of different professions work with. Choose ONE of the photos and write down the letter it is represented by. Representatives of what profession work with the objects depicted in the selected photograph? If you know many professions whose representatives work with the subject(s) you have chosen, name any of them. What kind of work do people in this profession do? How is the work of people in this profession useful to society?

Explanation.

Let's look carefully at the pictures and remember what professions they are associated with. Let's choose one of them.

For example,

Picture A shows a fire truck. She is needed fireman. He puts out fires.

Picture B shows Potter's wheel. Works on it potter. He makes dishes.

Picture B shows a calculator. Can work with it salesman. He sells goods to people and calculates the cost using a calculator.

Source: Statgrad: All-Russian test work on the surrounding world, grade 4, 2016. Option 21.

The photographs show objects that representatives of different professions work with. Choose ONE of the photos and write down the letter it is represented by. Representatives of what profession work with the objects depicted in the selected photograph? If you know many professions whose representatives work with the subject(s) you have chosen, name any of them. What kind of work do people in this profession do? How is the work of people in this profession useful to society?

Explanation.

To successfully complete the task, you must select a picture that depicts objects that representatives of well-known professions work with.

Picture A. It shows a camera. He uses it for work photographer to capture images of people or nature. Photographer takes photos interesting people or events to tell the public about them.

Picture B. The picture shows a watering can, boots, gloves and tools. These items are necessary gardener. He takes care of plants in gardens and parks.

Picture B. Picture B shows an airplane. Professions associated with aircraft include: pilot And stewardess. A pilot transports passengers on an airplane to different cities and countries. A flight attendant helps passengers feel comfortable during the flight.

Source: Statgrad: All-Russian test work on the surrounding world, grade 4, 2016. Option 24., VPR on the surrounding world, 4th grade, 2019. Option 19.