The Statue of Metallurgist Anosov in Zlatoust city is situated on the main square of the historical center of Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast in Russia.The statue was erected in honor of Russian General-Major, metallurgist and governor of the Ural District, Anosov Pavel Petrovich, and unveiled on 19 December 1954.

[1] Anosov Pavel Petrovich is depicted standing in the uniform of a general-major of the Mining Corps, with a curved strip of Damascus steel held between his hands.

Only two centuries later was the exact date established according to documentary evidence - 29 June 1796, leading to the involuntary error on the inscription.

The construction of the monument began with the decision of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union to commemorate Anosov Pavel Petrovich.

[1] On 15 November 1948, the Chairman of Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin signed the Decree № 4229: "About the perpetuation of the memory of the great Russian metallurgist Pavel Petrovich Anosov".

The metallurgists of the Southern Ural organized a conference in Zlatoust in September 1949, in which the employees of metallurgical enterprises, research and educational institutions, representatives of Moscow, Leningrad, Sverdlovsk and other industrial centers of the country took part.

On the second day, 11 September, the participants at the conference attended the city meeting on the occasion of discussion of the future monument "bookmark".

[1] According to the Resolution № 1327 of the Council of Ministers of RSFSR dated 30 August 1960, the Statue of Metallurgist Anosov was taken under protection as a monument of national importance and republican values.

[3][4] Mikhail Fonotov wrote in his book Native Olden Times (Russian: Родная старина): A knife blade?

[4] The Soviet-era Statue of Metallurgist Anosov is one of the most common scenes on postcards with views of Zlatoust.