Ἀγεωμέτρητος μηδεὶς εἰσίτω

150 years anniversary of Kaluga school for girls

Specifications.

The only copy. Brass, crimson quartzite. Diameter 400 mm. The height of the pedestal 1100 mm. Weight of about 1200 kg.

Description.

The instrument is set in the courtyard of the Kaluga school № 5 and measures time at the meridian of Kaluga town. The school started its activities 151 years ago. During this time, the school seven times changed its name. They are etched in the east part of the dial. The list of names of 40 Russian cuties is etched on the dial. When the gnomon shadow falls on the city name the true noon is in this city. There are two lines in the south part of the dial. When the shadow of the gnomon falls between these lines the sun crosses the Kaluga region.

For one and half century a lot of things happened in our country, but this Kaluga school continued to be an island of stability and went on to pass the knowledge to new generations.
The motto «The only.» It is the line from the poem by Bulat Okudzhava «A man,» published in 1982. Russian Heraldry Council approved the word «The only» as a motto of the School number 5.

Breaths air, breaths the first grass,
And reeds until it sways,
And every song, until it is heard,
And warm female hand over his head.
Breathing, breathing — not inhale.

Breathes mother — she is the only,
breathes homeland – it is the only
cries, suffers, laughs, whistles,
is silent by the window and sings until dark,
and turns the pages of his short life.

Bulat Okudzhava was a teacher at the school, though not for very long time.

I gave to the sundial a scale of cities and made it so that the motto could be attributed not only to the school but also in Russia as a whole. As it should be in harmony with the verses by Okudzhava. Kaluga region is part of Russia, and Russia is part of the world. We are all different, but we have the only sun. It crosses Kaluga region in 15 minutes and 20 seconds. It's not so little!