In the Russian city of Tolyatti, there stands a monument called Loyalty.


In 1995, a man, a girl and their German Shepherd were involved in a car crash. The girl was pronounced dead at the scene, the man was taken to the hospital but later died, leaving the dog as the sole survivor.

This dog went its own way and for a time, was forgotten.

It wasn’t along before he attracted the attention of the city’s residents though, as they started to observe that he frequented the crash site and would stay there, and once they worked out his identity, realised that he kept going back there because he hoped to see his owners again.


The dog’s devotion and hope was so strong that, even if it was freezing cold and the ground buried under snow, he remained undeterred and would still wait hour after hour in anticipation of a reunion that would never happen. The people would even watch as he ran into the road as cars approached, only to find his hopes dashed when they continued to drive on past him.

Nothing could kill his spirit though.

Word spread amongst the city’s folk and the dog found himself many fans. People built doghouses for him, tried to adopt him into their homes and even tried to house him in shelters, but this GSD’s love for his owners meant that he couldn’t bear to be away from them, couldn’t bear to miss the chance of a reunion, and so would always return to that same spot after each attempt to rehouse him.


So the people of the city banded together and informally adopted him, and nicknamed him “Kostya”, an affectionate diminutive form of the name “Constantine”, which means “constant” or “steadfast”. For the next seven years, they fed him and watched over him as he kept to his post for all that time.

Then, in 2002, he was found dead in the woods.

Initially the residents erected a billboard in memory of him, with the epitaph “Dog, teach us love and devotion”, but the wind would often blow it away and vandals kept throwing stones at it. So the city initiated a campaign to erect a statue for him, which was successful. Members of the city’s Rotary Club, journalists and other private citizens all chipped in, enabling them to hire Oleg Klyuyev to create this faithful canine’s monument.

In 2003, the Russian sculptor’s finished work was unveiled.

Dogs are no doubt, man's best loyal friends.

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So touching...

so touching

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