"The First Tent" () is the monument at the Sverdlov Square in Magnitogorsk, Russia dedicated to the first builders of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, which is colloquially known as Magnitka. The official name of the monument is "The memorial sign 'The Tent of the First Builders of Magnitka'" (). The monument erected on a concrete pedestal consists of two parts: a symbolic representation of a tent and a palm that holds a piece of locally mined iron ore.Памятный знак «Палатка первых строителей Магнитки»ИСТОРИЯ ПАМЯТНИКА. «ПАЛАТКА ПЕРВЫХ СТРОИТЕЛЕЙ» – ОТБЛЕСК ЗОЛОТЫХ КОСТРОВ МАГНИТКИ Around the perimeter of the pedestal, there are lines from the verse of the local poet Boris Ruchyov:С именем поэта Бориса Ручьева – от «Первой палатки» - по столице черной металлургии Russian text Transliteration English translationMy zhili v palatke s zelyonym okontsempromytoy dozhdyami, prosushnnoy solntsemda zhgli u dverey zolotye kostryna ryzhikh kamenyakh marnitnoy gory. We lived in a tent with a little green window, washed by the rains, dried by the sun, and made golden bonfires at the doors, on the red stones of the magnetic mountain.
It was inaugurated on the Victory Day, May 9, 1966. The monument was designed by and architect .Магнитогорск. Памятник "Первая палатка"
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