monument to Nikolay I

Monument to Nikolay I is turned to Mariinsky palace and displaced to it concerning the centre Isaakievsky square. Four bas-reliefs represent events of time of reign of the emperor­. A pedestal from different grades of a granite, porphyry and marble. Ease and clearness of a silhouette of a horse figure contradict the crushed — high pedestal. The unique equestrian statue having only 2 points of support («Bronze Horseman»has three points of support).

(the project — architect 0. Monferran, sculptor. P.K.Klodt, details — Zaleman, 1856 — 1859)