In the small French town of Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, located on the ocean shore, a monument to Marina Tsvetaeva has been erected.

On a bench with a rose in her hand, she gazes thoughtfully and anxiously at the ships sailing away. This is how the sculptor Zurab Tsereteli envisioned the poetess during her emigration in France.

In the summer of 1926, Tsvetaeva spent time in this town. Tsereteli decided to depict her as she appeared in his imagination through correspondence with Boris Pasternak. Their written communication lasted seventeen years, most of which took place in France.

The sculptor created a diptych: on two benches, placed at a distance from each other, sit Marina Tsvetaeva and Boris Pasternak. Currently, Pasternak's figure is in Moscow, while Tsvetaeva's statue is in France. A real distance remains between them, just as it was during their correspondence.