The monument was designed by the rescue group Lisa Alert (the Russian analog of Amber Alert). Inside the hourglass, there is a doll that looks like a 6-year-old child and the other half of the glass has sand in it. The point of the monument is clear: when looking for children, every second matters.

This symbol of time slipping through fingers traveled around the cities of Russia, but then stopped in the Kaluga Innovation and Culture Center.

The volunteers at Lisa Alert change the doll’s clothes inside the hourglass depending on the season, highlighting the difficulties of a seasonal search.