The idea of initiating such an alley in the country’s capital belongs to the sculptor A. Plămădeală. The alley was inaugurated in 1958 in the Public Garden with the first 12 busts of classical writers and poets. Currently, there are already 29 busts of important writers from Romania and the Republic of Moldova placed on the alleys of the park, with the 30th being the bust of A.S. Pushkin – the renowned Russian poet. His bust was erected in 1885, with funds raised by the city’s honorary citizens. After the tragic death of the poet, Chisinau became the third city in the former Russian Empire to commemorate him with a memorial monument. The author of the bust is the sculptor A. Opekusin.