Monument is dedicated to the classic of Belarusian literature, poet Maksim Bahdanovič. It is located in Trajeckaja Hara Park on plošča Paryžskaj Kamuny, to the left of the main entrance to the Grand Opera and Ballet Theater of Belarus.

Maksim Bahdanovič is a Belarusian poet, publicist, literary critic, translator, literary scholar; the classic of Belarusian literature. "Piasniar of pure beauty", as Anton Luckievič called him, had been born on December 9, 1891, and died on May 25, 1917. The monument devoted to him was opened on December 9, 1981. The opening was timed to the 90th anniversary of the poet's birth. The authors of the monument are sculptor Siarhiej Vakar, architects Juryj Kaza and Lieanard Maskalievič.

In 2008, the monument was sent for restoration. In June of the same year, the monument was installed in a new place in the square, near vulica Maksima Bahdanoviča. Relative to the former location, the monument was moved 150 meters to the North-West, closer to the birthplace of the poet, and turned to face the Svislač River.

The 4.6 m high bronze sculpture is mounted on a low stepped pedestal made of red granite. The poet is shown with his arms crossed on his chest, with a bouquet of cornflowers in his right hand. The poet's love for his native Belarusian land is reflected in the figure's foreshortening, in the thoughtful, directed into the distance gaze.

Publication date: 17.07.2020.

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