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The Peter the Great Statue is a 98-metre-high (322 ft) monument to Peter the Great, located at the western confluence of the Moskva River and the Vodootvodny Canal in central Moscow, Russia. It was designed by the Georgian designer Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate 300 years of the Russian Navy, which Peter the Great established. It was erected in 1997 and is the eighth-tallest statue in the ...
Join us on a mesmerizing journey through Moscow's iconic landmarks as we unveil the grandeur of the Peter the Great Statue. Standing at a towering 98 meters,...
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Sculptor (s):Etienne Maurice Falconet. (1716 –1791) was a French baroque, rococo and neoclassical sculptor, best-known for this equestrian statue of Peter the Great. Description: Catherine the Great initiated an impressive monument to the founder of St Petersburg as a tribute to her predecessor and to stress her own position as Russian monarch.
Peter the Great. statue on the Moskwa river . A statue of Peter I on the bank of the Moskva River is one of the tallest outdoor sculptures in the world. The idea for this monument was conceived by Mayor Luzhkov and created with the help of city-sponsored artist Tsereteli. The monument has courted extensive controversy.
The Monument to Peter I ( Russian: памятник Петру I) is a bronze equestrian monument of Peter the Great in front of the St. Michael's Castle in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 1716, Emperor Peter the Great commissioned the Italian sculptor Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli to design an equestrian statue in commemoration of the Russian ...
