sculpture crane that holds stone

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Sculpture of a crane that holds a stone. The Church of the Konevskaya Icon of the Mother of God.Leningrad region, Priozersky district, Sapernoye settlement, Bogorodichny lane, 1.A crane with a stone is a symbol of Priozersk. According to legend, standing in these places, a flock of birds landed for the night, and one of the birds remained to guard the peace and did not have to sleep, and in order not to fall asleep, she held a stone in her raised paw and if suddenly she began to feel sleepy, the paw unclenched and the stone fell on the other paw, after which sleep disappeared completely.