Artemy Lebedev slams restored keyboard monument in Yekaterinburg

The keyboard monument in Yekaterinburg was recently restored, but designer Artemy Lebedev argues that the renovation has made it worse, citing poor workmanship and lack of improvement.
Nov 14, 2025
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The restored keyboard monument in Yekaterinburg shows signs of poor workmanship and neglect after recent renovations.

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Vladislav Lonshakov / E1.RU

Controversial blogger Artemy Lebedev harshly criticized the restored keyboard monument in his news segment.

“It didn«t get better; it got worse because it was restored by people who are completely incompetent. They only ruined everything instead of making excellent new keys. They just made concrete and even introduced some typos. Although Anatoly Vyatkin (the monument»s author) was present at the opening, no comment was taken from him where he would have said, ‘They made a piece of crap!’ And I think that«s exactly what he thought,” said Artemy Lebedev.

The legendary «keyboard» on the embankment was dismantled at the end of September and returned to its place a month later. The keys were supposed to be restored, but some of them look as if they were never restored at all.

“They haven«t even improved the surrounding area. Accordingly, all this mud gets on people»s shoes and immediately transfers to the keys. And it turns into a complete mess. Of course, they should have sown grass and fenced it off for at least the first few days so the grass could take root, and then allowed people to walk there. Well, they did what they did. They just dumped concrete keys in the midst of filth,” noted Artemy Lebedev.

We previously reported that Artemy Lebedev drew a full house at his speech at the 100+ TechnoBuild forum. Recall that last year, Artemy Lebedev in his speech talked about what«s wrong with the cities we live in, and also referred to Sredneuralsk with a vulgar expression.

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