Monuments and sculptures in St. Petersburg

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14.02.2019 09:18

Monuments and sculptures in St. Petersburg, photos from different years.

General Brusilov
Monument to the Adjutant General A. A. Brusilov near Smolny.

Monument to Nicholas I
Monument to Russian Emperor Nicholas I on St. Isaac's Square in St. Petersburg . It is a unique equestrian statue, which has only 2 points of support. It harmoniously fits into the most beautiful ensemble of the square and is located between the Mariinsky Palace and St. Isaac's Cathedral .

Full face
Monument to Nicholas I and the cross on one of the domes of St. Isaac's Cathedral.

Monument to Field Marshal Kutuzov near the Kazan Cathedral .

Broken ring
Monument to break the blockade of Leningrad on the shore of Lake Ladoga on the Road of Life (another name - "Death Road").

Ripped ring .

The monument to Suvorov was originally located on the Field of Mars, but due to regular troop reviews under Paul I, he was moved closer to the Trinity Bridge . The renowned commander looks like an ancient Roman warrior in peak fashion trends in the sculpture of the time. On a high pedestal of pink granite, a bronze gilded shield is supported, supported by figures of Glory (sc. FG Gordeev).
(sculptor M. I. Kozlovsky, architect A. N. Voronikhin, 1801 ). This is the second monument to man, the first - to Peter I near the Mikhailovsky Castle.

King - carpenter
The gift of the Netherlands. A copy of the original, dismantled in 1918 .
Located on the Admiralty Embankment, near the Admiralty .

Monument "guarding"
One of the few monuments of the Russian-Japanese war. Leading a battle with a superior enemy squadron, the crew of the “Steregushchy” decided to open the Kingston and sink the destroyer.

Monument to the destroyer "Steregushchy" near the Gorkovskaya metro station.
Original: 7059x3612 points. Panoramic view of seven frames.

Monument to Augustine Betancourt near the St. Petersburg State University of Railways.

Lenin
Monument to Lenin on the square in front of the Finland Station, after the celebration of the Day of Idiots and Fools on April 1, 2009.

The monument to the repressed is installed on the opposite bank, across the Neva from the Crosses.

Next - the sphinx of the work of the brilliant sculptor Shemyakin.

Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky on Shpalernaya street.

A monument to a water hauler on the territory of the “Water Museum”.

Monument on the Piskaryov Memorial
The central monument at the Piskaryov Memorial .

Sight
The head of the monument at the Piskaryov Memorial close-up. And the crow.

Monument Krusenstern on the embankment of Lieutenant Schmidt .

Monument to Peter I on the territory of the Peter and Paul Fortress by sculptor Shemyakin.

Monument to Peter I in front of the Engineer's Castle
Monument to Peter I in front of the Engineer Castle . Great-grandfather Pravnuk. By the way, this is the first monument in St. Petersburg to man. And the only one in the city (yes, perhaps, in Russia ) is an equestrian statue in the Baroque style.

Monument of Nizami Ganjavi
On Kamennoostrovsky Avenue there is a pleasant monument to the Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi. By the way, in the severe 1941, at the insistence of the director of the Hermitage Orbeli, in the besieged Leningrad, the 800th anniversary of the poet was celebrated .

Monument to Lenin on Kamennoostrovsky Avenue in the square near the building of the Alexander Lyceum.

The most popular city photographer
The most popular city photographer is definitely Karl Bulla! In Malaya Sadovaya, there is also a loudspeaker, in memory of the Blockade, and the cat Arseny and the kitty Vasilisa (the heroic besieged cats brought from Siberia to the besieged Leningrad on the order of the Headquarters).

Pirate
Captain Jack Sparrow :) in some approximation, yes.

In the frame, besides the clown, there is still a monument to Lenin and a pleasant modernity along Bolshoi Prospect V. O.

Behind Ilyich - Administration of Vasileostrovsky District, St. Petersburg, Bolshoy Prospect V.O., 55A.

Panorama of Arts Square
Arts Square, a monument to Pushkin, Russian Museum .

Catherine II in Ostrovsky Square
Catherine II, actually “Kat'kin Garden” (aka Ostrovsky Square), Alexandrinsky Theater and the remnants of New Year's luxury :)

The Bronze Horseman is the most famous monument in St. Petersburg, one of the symbols of the city. On a giant boulder equestrian statue of Peter I - the founder of the city. Senate square.

Festive fireworks
Firework on the Day of the Navy. Finale of the festival on Senate Square, photo from the Bronze Horseman.

Anichkov Bridge
One of the four sculptural compositions " Horse Tamers " on Anichkov Bridge, molded by P. K. Clodt .

чков мост . The emphasis on the first syllable of the name of the bridge is incorrect, correctly - Ani ¬ chkov bridge .

On Isaac
One of the sculptures at St. Isaac's Cathedral .

Leo Shi-Tsa
Lev Shi-Tsza (Shih-dza) - a gift from Governor Jilin (Manchuria Province) to Amur Governor-General N. I. Grodekov. The latter, in turn, presented the lions to St. Petersburg .

Hare Island
A miniature sculpture of a hare at the Peter and Paul Fortress .

Mosaic Caryatids at the entrance to the Small Academy of Arts in the Salt Town.

Legionary and horse
Sixties over the arch of the General Staff, fragment.

Sixties over the General Staff
It has long been checked out what faces the horses;)

Sculpture locksmiths at the bench
Nice little sculpture locksmiths at the bench. Men mostly went to the front, they were replaced by women and children.

Muzzle lion
Granite lion on the English Embankment .

Muzzle lion

a lion
The lion is on the descent to the Neva, near the fake berth at the Admiralty building.

Sadness
The girl near the bronze lion. Descent to the Neva from the Admiralty .

There are a lot of monuments and sculptures in St. Petersburg. There is a very interesting street of Truth, all cluttered with various sculptures.