Best Holiday At Russia | Peter the Great Monument

Best Holiday At Russia | Peter the Great Monument

Best Holiday At Russia | Peter the Great Monument. The monument was designed by order of Empress Catherine the nice in honor of the famous predecessor on the throne of Russia, Peter the nice. Being a German princess by birth, he needed to create a line of continuity with the previous king of Russia.

This Peter the nice, created by French sculptor Etienne Maurice famous falcon, describes the foremost outstanding reformer of Russia as a hero of the Roman state. Pedestal created from one piece of red granite cliffs fashioned into shapes. From the highest of this " cliff " Peter dashing lead Russia forward, whereas his horse steps on a snake, that is an enemy of Peter and his reforms. The Bronze Horseman, a powerful monument to the founding father of St. Petersburg, Peter the nice, standing in Senatskaia Ploschad ' ( sq. ), facing the Neva River and surrounded by the Navy, St. Isaac's Cathedral and a former Senate and Synod buildings - the body that regulates the civil and non secular pre- - revolutionary Russia. For reason an inscription on the monument reads in Latin and Russian: Petro Primo Catarina Secunda - To Peter the primary from Catherine the Second equestrian statue.- To Peter the primary from Catherine the Second equestrian statue.