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RF W0YT9F – 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 Vodo. RF EJAM63 – Monument to Peter the Great - Moscow Russia. RF 2CTNAAM – Moscow, Russia – June 11, 2017. View of Gorky Park in Moscow, in summer.
The town rejected this gargantuan statue of its namegiver. Undeterred, Tsereteli gave Columbus a little makeover, removed the crosses and replaced the head, and today, it is a Peter the Great statue and the monument commemorates the tercentenary of the Russian Navy. The 94 m tall statue is the third tallest statue in the world.
Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli is the Georgian-Russian sculptor and architect for large-scale monuments. He was born in Tbilisi on January 4, 1934. He studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. After graduation, he stayed at the Georgian Academy of Sciences and studied Georgian folk art.
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Bronze Horseman: 10 facts about St. Petersburg’s leading symbol. This equestrian statue that commemorates Peter the Great is no ordinary monument to the extraordinary tsar and founder of Russia ...
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Feb 3, 2023 · No, sculptor Zurab Tsereteli originally wanted to make a Columbus statue. However, when a long list of American cities turned his idea down, he took the same design concept but went with Peter the Great instead. (Tsereteli did eventually make a Columbus memorial for Puerto Rico.) The statue was unveiled in 1997 to mark the 300th anniversary of ...
