St. Petersburg [Санкт-Петербург], Russia
Sculptors: A. S. Charkin and D. B. Pakhomov

April 11, 2003 a bronze statue of Josef Švejk was unveiled in the Balkan Square (Balkanskaya Ploshchad', 5 корпус 7)
in St. Petersburg, Russia. The statue cost 1 million rubles, i.e. about $300,000. It is located a waking distance from Jaroslav Hašek's street. Here are a few more revealing photographs of the Good Soldier Švejk Memorial.