What memorable places are there? Monument "Millennium of Russia"

International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites has traditionally been celebrated on April 18 since 1984. The holiday was established by the Assembly of the International Council for the Protection of Monuments and Sites, operating under UNESCO, in 1983. The holiday is necessary to draw people’s attention to the problems of preserving and protecting our cultural heritage. Within of this holiday Various significant events are held, including conferences related to the issues of preserving monuments, historical complexes and protecting them from vandalism. Excursions are also organized around historical buildings, closed to the public on regular days, and some museums accept visitors on this day for free.

Today in Russia the situation with the protection of landmarks is not the same. in the best possible way- either there are no relevant laws, or they are simply not respected. The result of this is the destruction of protected and historical areas, and the perpetrators usually do not bear any responsibility.

IN European countries With memorable places handled much more carefully, even after archaeological excavations Work is underway to restore historical landscapes.

Walk through historical sites
And stand in silence near the monument,
History comes alive here for us
Tell about your past life.

To once again remind you of the great
Or sometimes warn against trouble,
On the day of monuments I call on the whole world
Preserve the heritage of history.

How many historical places are there?
And everyone hides a riddle!
Of course, we can’t count them all,
But they all mean something!

We must cherish them with all our hearts,
After all, they are our heritage!
We need to value history
Every monument is very important to us!

Monuments Day celebrates
Today the entire scientific world
Our planet is so rich -
History hangs over her like smoke.

Descendants are obligated to preserve
Invaluable experience of past years,
More beautiful than those clad in stone
There are no witnesses to eras.

Let them stand silently
Let them teach us to take care of the fragile world,
Go to them for inspiration
Let there be more of these meetings.

There are monuments around the world,
Witnesses of events
They contain a lot
Achievements and discoveries.

I wish with respect
I'll treat you with them,
For a little bit of history
We could enjoy it.

There are many monuments in the world,
It's hard to even count
You and I need to take care of them,
Protect from vandals
We need about history
Remember more often, friends,
About world culture
There is no way to forget!

Everything that history has given us
We are obliged to preserve approximately
So that the reminders are not sometimes destroyed,
They were not treated barbarously or badly.

Mounds, ancient settlements
We will cherish it like the apple of our eye,
History is as deep as the sea,
But we must remember our origins!

To you, who faithfully preserve the antiquity,
Honor and glory, and our thanks,
History and time are at stake -
Perhaps the future will be more beautiful!

We will protect the monuments,
Protect historical places!
Let's preserve cultural heritage
For descendants, for heirs!

We have countless cultural masterpieces,
We organize celebrations in their honor,
Let's tell new generations
About their great importance!

People bring flowers to monuments,
Remembering very important people,
We always go to places of history,
Remember who was brave.

This day is for us all to know
And we told our children
What events happened in the world, country
And among people living in the world.

Photos of Moscow monuments with names and descriptions

Today I present to your attention a selection of photos of Moscow monuments with names and descriptions. Photos were taken in different time. I did not set out to photograph monuments specifically - this is labor-intensive work. After all, there are monuments in Moscow great amount. But during our walks around Moscow, enough a large number of such photographs. And I decided to do small selection photographs, accompanied by short descriptions. All photographs of monuments can be downloaded for free.

Let's start our walk around Moscow and take a closer look at its monuments:

Photos of Moscow monuments

The monument to Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky was erected on Red Square on February 20, 1818. It is dedicated to the leaders of the people's militia who made a huge contribution to the victory over Poland in 1612.

The monument was built not only at the expense of the state. Fundraising for the monument began back in 1803. In 1808, a special imperial manifesto was issued to raise funds for the monument. Originally a sculpture folk heroes planned to be installed in Nizhny Novgorod, where the liberation of Russia from the Polish invaders began. But later it was decided to install it in Moscow.

Sculptor Ivan Martos presented the first version in 1807. Casting final version occurred in St. Petersburg in 1816

Monument to Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin

The monument to Pushkin was erected in 1880 at the beginning Tverskoy Boulevard. In 1950, the monument was moved to a new location on Pushkin Square, where it stands to this day. The monument was made in bronze by sculptor Alexander Opekushin.

The monument to Pushkin, like the monument to Minin and Pozharsky, was built with public money. In 1860, graduates Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum a fundraiser was announced for the monument. For the first time, 30 thousand rubles were collected. In 1870, a second collection was carried out and in total more than 160 thousand rubles were collected. At that time very large sum. The competition was won by sculptor A.M. Opekushin in 1875.

The monument to Yuri Dolgoruky was erected in Moscow in honor of the 800th anniversary of the founding of the city in 1954. The monument was created by a group of sculptors, which included S. M. Orlov, A. P. Antropov, N. L. Shtam.

The Suzdal prince replaced the statue of General Skobelev, which stood opposite the Mossovet building - today the Moscow City Hall.

The decision to erect a monument to Yuri Dolgoruky was made at the very high level. I.V. Stalin personally supervised its creation. On his instructions, an entire expedition was sent to Kyiv to restore appearance prince It was planned to reburial the remains of the prince in Moscow. But it turned out that the prince’s grave was empty.

Stalin himself personally chose the design of the monument, created by the sculptor Orlov. Later she joined the work on the monument whole group sculptor and architects.

Monument to the Worker and the Collective Farm Woman

The Monument to the Worker and the Collective Farm Woman was created by the architect Vera Mukhina in 1937 for the USSR pavilion at the World Exhibition in Paris - you can read more about the monument on the page dedicated to it -

Monument to Dmitry Donskoy

Monument to Dmitry Donskoy - new monument. It was installed at the intersection of Nikolo-Yamskaya and Yauzskaya streets in 2013. This equestrian sculpture of the hero of the Battle of Kulikovo is made of bronze by sculptor Vyacheslav Klykov.

Monument to Peter the Great

The monument to Peter the Great by Zurab Tsereteli still causes a lot of controversy. It was erected in 1997 and it was a shock for many Muscovites and guests of the capital. The huge monument near Red October, whose height is 98 meters, has become one of the tallest monuments in Russia.

Peter 1 was depicted on a ship, and therefore there were intense rumors in the media of the late 90s that the monument was converted from a monument to Columbus, which both the USA and Latin America refused to buy.

Monument to Cyril and Methodius

The monument to Cyril and Methodius was erected near the Kitay-Gorod meters in 1992. The Kirill Methodius brothers are considered the creators of Slavic writing and these saints have always been revered in Russia. The monument was opened on the day Slavic writing and culture May 24, 1992. Sculptor - Vyacheslav Klykov.

Monument to Lenin on Kaluga Square

The monument to Lenin on Kaluga Square is one of the most spectacular monuments to Lenin and not only in Moscow. The monument was opened in 1885. We worked on the monument to L.E. Kerbel, V.A. Fedorov and architect G.V. Makarevich. The location for the monument was not chosen by chance. near this place on August 30, 1918 in V.I. Lenin was shot by Fanny Kaplan. In 1922 Kaluga Square renamed Oktyabrskaya. In 1993, the square returned its old name. Today, the name of the metro station, Oktyabrskaya, reminds us that the square had a different name.

The current monument is the third one built on this site.

The monument to Gagarin on Leninsky Prospekt was erected in Moscow in July 1980. Sculptor P.I. Bondarenko. This is a unique monument - it is made of titanium. The choice of metal for the sculpture was due to the fact that titanium is used to make the lining of spaceships.

Monument to Dostoevsky at the Russian State Library (Lenin Library)

The monument to Dostoevsky at Leninka was opened in 1997. The author of the sculpture is Alexander Rukovishnikov. The monument is made of bronze. Unusual composition caused many jokes among Moscow residents, to which the author himself always replied that this illustrates the culture of the residents.

Monument to the heroes of the First World War on Poklonnaya Hill

The monument to the heroes of the First World War was erected in Moscow on Poklonnaya Hill August 1, 2014 in honor of the centenary of the start of the war. The authors of the monument are sculptors A. Kovalchuk, P. Lyubimov, V. Yusupov.

The whole country raised money for the construction of the monument. Cattle collected 99 million rubles. 74 million was allocated from the capital's budget.

The monument was unveiled during events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Russia’s entry into World War I.

Moscow is one of the most beautiful cities in our country. This is the city where you can walk and study the history of Russia. This is the city that you will never get tired of walking around. It is impossible to get enough of it. If you love to walk along beautiful streets, passing stately houses and other striking sights, then this article is for you. Moscow is beautiful. Historical places are waiting for you!

Floodplain in Strogino

This place is quiet and peaceful. It differs from city landscapes in that here you will find a river with picturesque banks, and also a complex - a pheasant farm - has been opened not far from the Moscow River. Here you can not only watch beautiful birds, but also feed them. But this is not all the information about this natural area. The thing is that in Strogino there is the Cape of Clean Bay. There are two points where you can have a nice picnic. But you should not take a barbecue with you, since lighting fires in this place is prohibited!

There is a beach nearby where you can rent various watercraft: boats, catamarans, and so on. The shore is equipped with sports and children's playgrounds. For lovers of active recreation, there are sections in the Stroginskaya floodplain; the best and experienced trainers teach water skiing and windsurfing. But keep in mind that swimming in the Stroginskaya floodplain is strictly prohibited.

Vorontsovsky Park

And we continue to consider historical places where a walk will be not only pleasant, but also interesting. One of these places is the Vorontsovo Estate complex. It is located in the southwest of Moscow. There you will see stunning cascading ponds, beautiful architecture, as well as a pig farm and Balloons. But first things first.

The estate itself is located in the park of the same name. It is an architectural monument of the 18th-19th centuries. As you may have already guessed, it once belonged to the boyar Vorontsov. Old-timers of the park say that linden and oak trees, which were once looked after by their very first owner, still grow on the old territory of the estate.

It turns out that in this place there used to be a hidden factory where the first Russian aviation was prepared in the form balloons. They were to be used in the war with the French in 1812. Tsar Alexander I approved their construction. However, they did not have time to finish the first ball; it was burned at the time when the French army approached the Vorontsovo estate. That day, 26 people were shot.

After all these sad events, the life of the estate is obvious. It passed from one hand to another. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Bolsheviks came to power. A biological station was first opened on the territory of the estate, then a pig farm, and then a football field appeared. There were barracks on the estate until the end of the 20th century. In 1979, a decision was made to liquidate the burial sites that were located on the estate.

However, even here there were some terrifying facts. A bulldozer burst into the estate and leveled the tombstones with a bucket. Today the estate has been restored. In 2007 restoration work were completed, and everyone can visit the park on any convenient day.

On the territory of the Vorontsov landmark there is a Temple Life-Giving Trinity. In addition to the church, there are many ponds on the estate area. And on the Ramenka River, which originates from them, in the summer you can go boating. In winter you will meet walruses in the river. In addition, you can go skiing in these places. Moscow is comfortable. Historical places can be visited by taking the metro to them. In order to find yourself in this cozy park, you need to get off at the Kaluzhskaya metro station, a leisurely 20-minute walk to the estate - and you are there.

Tsvetnoy Boulevard

The historical places of the city of Moscow are full amazing facts. For example, Tsvetnoy Boulevard. Its history began in 1851. There was once a flower market there, which was later transformed into a boulevard. There used to be a leak in this place. Today you won’t find it, since it was once enclosed by an underground pipe. It was at this place that the boulevard appeared. At first it was called Trubny. It's not hard to see why. But then they renamed it Tsvetnoy, after the construction of the Flower Market on this site.

It’s hard to believe, but a century and a half ago, Tsvetnoy Boulevard was popular with various antisocial elements. The thing is that there were a lot of people there. A little later, namely in 1880, a circus was opened in house number 13. After another hundred years, Yuri Nikulin will be its director.

Sparrow Hills

Interesting historical places in Moscow are inexhaustible. And we will visit you Sparrow Hills. This is the place from which you can view the capital. Once upon a time, Peter the Great viewed a mirror factory from this place. The very first metropolitan water supply system began from there. The first and main university of our country, Moscow State University, opened there. In fact, Vorobyovy Gory is not a mountain at all, it is a river bank, which is cut by landslides and cliffs. Springs and springs gush out from the land of the Sparrow Hills.

Scientists claim that this place is more than 150 million years old. Once upon a time there was a sea here, and then a settlement ancient man. Rich historical events Moscow. Historical places, namely Vorobyovy Gory, are remembered a lot. The Russian defense against the Tatars is etched in their memory. They also remember the fire of 1547, the Crimean khans, Napoleon’s army, as well as the cheerful traditions of Peter the Great, when they fired cannons. They remember the first Russian mirror factory, since the sand from these places was famous for its special quality.

Today, Vorobyovy Gory is a huge natural reserve, where walks will be long and calm. The nearest station where you need to get off to get to the park is Vorobyovy Gory. The complex is open daily and around the clock.

Historical places of the city of Moscow. List

Moscow is centuries-old history, embodied in the architecture of the city. A walk is a kind of process of gaining knowledge and getting to know the history of our country. Moscow is strict and attractive. There are historical places not only in the center of the capital. We present to your attention a list of golden-domed attractions:

• Estate "Arkhangelskoe".
• Triumphal Arch.
• Kuzminki Park.
• Frunzenskaya embankment.
• Hermitage Garden.
• Kolomenskoye Park.
• Chistye Prudy.
• Sokolniki Park.
• Patriarch's Ponds.
• Museum-reserve "Tsaritsyno".
• Boring Garden.
• Tretyakov Gallery.
• Luzhkovsky Bridge.
• Catherine Park.
• Tverskoy Boulevard.
• Northern River Station.
• Bolotnaya embankment.
• Museum-estate "Ostankino".
• and so on.

Moscow is amazing and has not yet been fully studied by archaeologists. Historical sites are revealed with every excavation. Several years ago, household items and various decorations. Some of them ended up in the V.I. Lenin Museum, and some of them were available to visitors to the Kremlin.

Visit the historical places of the capital, leave your mark on the history of the city.

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Moscow Kremlin and Red Square, historical Center St. Petersburg, white stone monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal, the Kremlin of Rostov the Great, Kizhi Pogost, Peterhof, Solovki, the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Nizhny Novgorod, Kolomna and Pskov Kremlin - famous historical monuments Russia, the list of which goes on and on. Russia is a country with a huge cultural past, its history still keeps many secrets and mysteries, every stone of ancient Russian cities and monasteries breathes history, behind every human destinies. In these autumn days The multimedia project-competition "Russia 10" is coming to an end, giving us the opportunity to learn about the most famous and most beautiful places of our country and in the first place are the main historical monuments of Russia, the wonders of architecture and architecture, the magical creations of the hands of Russian masters.

Kizhi

On one of the islands of Lake Onega in Karelia there is a famous Kizhi Pogost: two wooden churches of the 18th century. and an octagonal wooden bell tower (1862). The architectural ensemble of Kizhi is an ode to Russian craftsmen, the pinnacle of carpentry art, “wooden lace”. According to legend, the Transfiguration Church was built with one ax, which the master threw into Lake Onega, finishing his work without a single nail. Kizhi is the real Eighth Wonder of the World.

home historical value Rus' - the hands of its masters...

Tsar Bell and Tsar Cannon

The Moscow Kremlin is a real treasury of monuments of Russian history and culture. Some of them are the Tsar Bell and the Tsar Cannon. They are famous not only for their size, but also for their amazing history...

The Tsar Bell was ordered to be cast by Empress Anna Ioannovna. At her request, foreign craftsmen were supposed to do this, but when they heard the required dimensions of the bell, they considered the empress’s desire... a joke! Well, who cares, and who cares. The father and son of Motorina, bell masters, began work. It didn’t take them as long to create the project as the subsequent approval by the Moscow Senate office, which lasted for 3 whole years! The first attempt to cast a bell was unsuccessful and ended in an explosion and destruction of the furnace structure, and after this one of the craftsmen, Father Ivan Motorin, died. The second casting of the bell was carried out by the master’s son Mikhail Motorin, and three months later, on November 25, 1735, the birth of the famous bell took place. The bell weighed about 202 tons, its height was 6 meters 14 centimeters, and its diameter was 6 meters 60 centimeters.

They took a cast, but didn’t pick it up! During a fire in 1737, a piece weighing more than 11 tons broke off from the bell, which was still in the smelting pit. The Tsar Bell was raised from the foundry pit only in 1836, thanks to Montferrand, knowledgeable in lifting heavy structures. However, Rus' never heard the voice of the Tsar Bell...

Tsar Cannon on Ivanovskaya Square is considered a monument to Russian artillery. The length of the bronze gun is 5 meters 34 centimeters, the barrel diameter is 120 centimeters, the caliber is 890 millimeters, and the weight is almost 40 tons. The formidable weapon was supposed to guard the Moscow Kremlin from the side Execution Place, but, according to weapons experts, its power was suitable for destroying fortress walls, but not for defense. Cast by the famous foundry master Andrei Chokhov in 1586 under Fyodor Ioannovich, it never took part in hostilities. According to legend, they fired from it only once - with the ashes of False Demetrius.

Mother Rus', everything is special for her - and the Tsar Cannon does not fire and the Tsar Bell does not announce good news...

Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God

On the day of the Intercession Mother of God In 1552, Russian troops stormed Kazan, the capital of the Kazan Khanate. In honor of this event, Ivan the Terrible ordered the construction of the Church of the Intercession in Moscow. How many legends and traditions are associated with it...

Previously, another church stood on this site - the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity, where St. Basil the Blessed, the most revered holy fool in Rus', was buried, collecting alms for the construction of this temple. Later, others began to be built around the Trinity Church - in honor of the most significant victories of Russian weapons. When there were already about ten of them, Moscow Metropolitan Macarius came to Ivan the Terrible with a request to build one large temple on this site.

The central tent of the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God was consecrated first, then a small church was completed on the grave of the holy fool, and the temple began to be called St. Basil's Cathedral. The cathedral symbolizes the Heavenly Jerusalem - its 8 chapters create an eight-pointed Star of Bethlehem. According to legend, at the end of construction, which lasted 6 years, the king, delighted unprecedented beauty temple, asked the builders if they could do something similar. The price for an affirmative answer was the blinding of the craftsmen by order of the sovereign, so that there would be nothing more beautiful on earth...

Several times they tried to destroy the Temple, services in it were banned and allowed again, but it survived for centuries, just as the Russian land resisted all troubles.

The Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God is a beautiful and many-sided holy Rus'.

Peter-Pavel's Fortress

The Peter and Paul Fortress is the core of the city on the Neva, a historical, architectural and military engineering monument, one of the main symbols of Russian history. It was from Petropavlovka that the construction of the city of Peter began on May 16, 1703. All of it is history, the history of wars and revolutions, faith and love. Its bastions bear the names of Peter the Great's associates: Menshikov, Golovkin, Zotov, Trubetskoy, Naryshkin and Sovereign bastions.

In the center of the fortress is located Peter and Paul Cathedral- a symbol of the formation of a new city in Russia. It contains the history of the Imperial House of Romanov; the cathedral became the necropolis of Russian emperors, where their ashes from Peter I to Nicholas II rest. Near the walls of the Cathedral there is the Commandant's Cemetery, where 19 commandants are buried Peter and Paul Fortress(out of 32 who served her).

The fortress was also a defense Northern capital, and its state prison: prisoners of the Trubetskoy Bastion were Tsarevich Alexei, Decembrists, Chernyshevsky, Kostsyushko and Dostoevsky, Narodnaya Volya, ministers Russian Empire, Socialist Revolutionaries and Bolsheviks.

Petropavlovka, like Russia itself, is both an intercessor and a prison, but, nevertheless, the Motherland...

Monument "Millennium of Russia"

The monument "Millennium of Russia" was erected in Veliky Novgorod opposite the St. Sophia Cathedral and the former building of the Government Places in 1862 in honor of the thousandth anniversary of the legendary calling of the Varangians to Rus'. The anniversary of its opening is celebrated these September days.

Authors of the monument project: sculptors Mikhail Mikeshin, Ivan Schroeder and architect Victor Hartman. To create a monument-symbol of Russian history, a competition was announced, to which several dozen works were submitted. The winner was the project of young sculptors - M. O. Mikeshin, who graduated from the Academy just a year ago, and I. N. Schroeder, a volunteer student in the sculpture class of the Academy of Arts.

Russia has always had many monuments. But only a few became the most famous, the most iconic works of art. So, our top 10 famous monuments in Russia:

1. Monument to Peter I - Moscow

Official name - Monument “In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary Russian fleet" The author of the monument was Zurab Tsereteli. The grandiose sculptural composition was installed on an artificial island on the spit, at the confluence of the Moscow River and the Obvodny Canal, not far from the famous Red October confectionery factory. The opening of the monument was timed to coincide with the celebration of the 850th anniversary of Moscow. The total height of the monument is 98 meters, it is the tallest monument in Russia, and one of the tallest in the whole world.

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2. Monument “Worker and Collective Farm Woman” - Moscow

"Worker and Collective Farm Woman" - outstanding monument monumental art, "ideal and symbol Soviet era", which is a dynamic sculptural group of two figures with a hammer and sickle raised above their heads. Author - Vera Mukhina; concept and compositional plan of the architect Boris Iofan. The monument is made of stainless chromium-nickel steel. The height is about 25 m. It is located on Prospekt Mira, near the Northern entrance of VDNKh.

Initially, the monument to a worker and a collective farmer was developed for an exhibition in Paris, but the resulting result stunned everyone. After all, not only fundamentally new materials were used for the monument (stainless steel had not been used before), but also new principles of construction. After all, before this, it was also not necessary to enlarge it 15 times from life; it was a grand experiment.

Remarkable facts of the monument to the worker and the collective farmer:

· The monument to a worker and a collective farmer was delivered to Paris in 28 railway cars, but even this separation was not enough, because some parts did not fit into the tunnels and had to be cut further.

· Before the opening of the monument in Paris, sabotage was noticed in time, someone sawed off the cables of the crane that was assembling the monument at the exhibition, after which round-the-clock security was posted from volunteers and employees who came to assemble the monument.

· Initially, the monument to a worker and a collective farmer was assembled within 1 month; people worked in three shifts, sleeping only for three hours in a nearby barn, where a large fire was always burning in the center.

· In Paris, the monument was assembled in 11 days, although 25 days were planned.

· It is a symbol of the Mosfilm film studio.

· Dismantling, storage and restoration of the legendary sculptural composition cost the budget 2.9 billion rubles

3. Monument Motherland Calls - Volgograd

The sculpture “The Motherland Calls” in Volgograd is compositional center monument-ensemble "Heroes Battle of Stalingrad", located on . This statue is one of the tallest in the world, occupying 11th place in the Guinness Book of Records. At night, the monument is illuminated by spotlights. The total height of the monument is 85-87 meters.

Its military name is “Height 102”. During the Battle of Stalingrad, the most fierce battles took place here. And here they later buried the dead defenders of the city. Their feat is immortalized in the unique monument-ensemble “To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad”, erected in 1967 according to the design of the famous Soviet sculptor Evgeniy Vuchetich.

4. Monument-obelisk “To the Conquerors of Space” - Moscow

The monument to the Conquerors of Space was erected in Moscow in 1964 to commemorate the achievements of Soviet people in mastering outer space. This is a 107 m high obelisk lined with titanium panels, depicting the trail left behind by a rocket located at the top of the obelisk. The poetic lines of Nikolai Gribachev are laid out in metal letters on the façade:

And our efforts are rewarded,
What, having overcome lawlessness and darkness,
We forged fiery wings
To your country and your age!

Initially, the option of placing the monument on the Lenin Hills (today Vorobyov Hills) between the building of Moscow State University was considered. M.V. Lomonosov and observation deck overlooking Luzhniki. It was supposed to be made of smoky translucent glass with night lighting from the inside. The height of the monument was supposed to be 50 m. At the personal suggestion of S.P. Korolev, it was decided to cover the monument with a coating of “space” metal - titanium. The height of the grandiose monument doubled and amounted to 100 m, and the total weight of the entire structure was 250 tons. The final site for the construction of the monument was a vacant lot near the entrance to VDNKh and the metro station of the same name.

The monument became a symbol of the qualitative technological leap of its time: October 4, 1957 Soviet Union The first artificial Earth satellite was launched, on April 12, 1961, space began to speak the language of man - and this language was Russian.

Together with the obelisk he was born and new type building structure - leaning tower. History preserves in its tablets only one such structure - the famous “Leaning Tower”.

5. Monument “Millennium of Russia” - Veliky Novgorod

The Monument “Millennium of Russia” is a monument erected in Veliky Novgorod in 1862 in honor of the thousandth anniversary of the founding of the Russian state. The monument resembles a bell. His top part is a ball symbolizing power - the emblem of royal power. The total height of the monument is 15 meters. This is one of the most iconic monuments in Russia, more details about it.

6. Monument to Sunken Ships - Sevastopol

The Monument to the Sunken Ships is the most famous military monument of Sevastopol, was depicted on the Soviet coat of arms of the city and is considered one of the main city symbols. The monument is located in Sevastopol Bay, near the embankment of Primorsky Boulevard. The majestic and proud monument to sunken ships is one of the most beloved by residents and guests of the city. He is a symbol and business card Sevastopol. Height - 16.7 meters.

There is another monument that is significant for Sevastopol - the brig "Mercury" and Captain Kazarsky. This was the first monument in the then young city. About it .

7. Monument to St. George the Victorious - Moscow

The statue of St. George the Victorious is located on the territory of Moscow’s Victory Park and is part of the memorial complex on Poklonnaya Hill. Located at the foot of the obelisk dedicated to the 1418 days and nights of the Great Patriotic War. Saint George the Victorious strikes a snake, which is a symbol of evil, with a spear. The statue of St. George the Victorious is one of central compositions memorial complex.

8. Monument " Bronze Horseman" - Saint Petersburg

Bronze Horseman - monument to Peter I on Senate Square in St. Petersburg. The opening of the monument took place in August 1782. It is the very first monument in St. Petersburg. Later it got its name thanks to the famous poem of the same name A.S. Pushkin, although in fact it is made of bronze.

9. Monument to mammoths in Khanty-Mansiysk

Sculptural composition“Mammoths” appeared in Khanty-Mansiysk in 2007. The creation of this monument was timed to coincide with the 425th anniversary of the capital of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. The sculpture is located on the territory of the famous Archeopark. The sculptural composition consists of 11 bronze monuments. Total weight of these monuments exceeds the 70-ton mark. All monuments are set in life size. The height of the tallest mammoth exceeds 8 meters, and the smallest mammoth is only 3 meters in height.

10. Monument “Alyosha”

Memorial “Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War” (“Alyosha”) - memorial Complex in the Leninsky district of the city of Murmansk. The main figure in the memorial is the figure of a soldier in a raincoat, with a machine gun over his shoulder. The height of the monument's pedestal is 7 meters. The height of the monument itself is 35.5 meters, the weight of the hollow sculpture inside is more than 5 thousand tons. “In its height” “Alyosha” is second only to the Volgograd statue “Motherland”. Nevertheless, it is among the highest monuments in Russia.