Презентация, доклад по теме Памятники Санкт-Петербурга

and the best loved monument in the city.
It was unveiled in 1782. The bronze statue of Peter the Great was designed by French sculptor Etienne Falconet.
The statue was immortalized in a poem by A.Pushkin.

an Emperor of Russia from 1825-1855.
The sculptor of the statue is P.Clodt, the architect – A.Monferand.
Made of bronze, the statue is on a pedestal of granite, porphyry and marble.
The four allegorical figures at the corners of the pedestal have the features of Emperor’s wife and three daughters and represent Faith, Wisdom, Justice and Might.
This heavy equestrian statue rests merely on two points.

the victory of Russia in the Patriotic War of 1812.
The architect is A.Monferand.
Total height is 47.5m. The column is a monolitic pillar of polished granite weighing over 650t. On the top is the statue of an angel with a cross – sculptor B.Orlovsky.
The monument is a unique example of civil engineering.

to Field Marshal of the Russian Empire Mikhail Kutuzov was put up in front of the Kazan Cathedral. He was one of the best Russian generals and gave major battle on the approaches to Moscow.
Kutuzov died in 1813. He was buried at the Kazan Cathedral. The statue was made by the model of sculptor Orlovskiy.

front of the Kazan Cathedral to Mikhail Barclay de Tolle, the military leader and hero of the War with Napoleon. He was a full chevalier of the order of Saint George, the highest military award of the Russian Empire

is M.Mikeshin, sculptors - M. Chizhov, A.Opekushin. The height of the statue is 14m.
Catherine is in ceremonial dress with an ermine clock draped from her shoulders and with a scepter and crown of laurels in her hands. Round the base are her favorites. The monument creates a general impression of majesty.

a monument to Alexander Suvorov – famous Russian general in the Russo-Turkish war 1787-1791.
He is represented as a Roman god of War – Mars by sculptor Kozlovsky. The monument was unveiled in 1801.

of Russian poetry, was unveiled in 1957 in the center of Arts square. The sculptor is M.Anikushin, the architect - V.Petrov.
The height of memorial is 9 m.
A.Pushkin was the great poet who sang of the city on the Neva.

groups of sculptures “The Horse-Tamers”.
During the blockade 1941-1944 years Clodt’s horses were taken from their granite pedestals and were buried in the garden to safeguard from enemy bombs and shells.
A bronze plaque on the pedestal reminds us that the enemy poured nearly one and a half hundred thousand shells on the city.