ian : ▁Бар ма лей ) ▁is ▁an ▁inform al ▁name ▁of ▁a ▁f ount ain ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Vol g og rad ▁( former ly ▁known ▁as ▁St aling rad ). ▁Its ▁official ▁name ▁is ▁Children ' s ▁K hor ov od ▁( R ound ▁Dance ). ▁The ▁statue ▁is ▁of ▁a ▁circle ▁of ▁six ▁children ▁dan cing ▁the ▁k hor ov od ▁around ▁a ▁cro cod ile . ▁While ▁the ▁original ▁f ount ain ▁was ▁removed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁two ▁rep lic as ▁were ▁installed ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁original ▁f ount ain ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁installed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁when ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁was ▁being ▁ad orn ed ▁with ▁various ▁out door ▁architect ural ▁works , ▁including ▁similar ▁f ount ains ▁designed ▁by ▁sculpt or ▁Rom ual d ▁I od ko , ▁a ▁co - author ▁of ▁the ▁Girl ▁with ▁an ▁O ar , ▁an ▁arch et ype ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁k itsch . ▁The ▁Bar ma ley ▁F ount ain ▁was ▁made ▁widely ▁known ▁from ▁several ▁August ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁photograph s ▁by ▁Em man uil ▁Ev zer ik hin ▁that ▁ju xt ap osed ▁the ▁car n age ▁of ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁St aling rad ▁with ▁the ▁image ▁of ▁children ▁at ▁play . ▁ ▁The ▁f ount ain ▁was ▁restored ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁and ▁was ▁removed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s