Monument to Pyotr Bagration, Military monument in Western Administrative Okrug, Russia.
The Monument to Pyotr Bagration is a bronze equestrian statue on a pink granite pedestal with a stepped base and a carved wavy relief panel. Bagration, in a long military coat and boots, sits on a rearing horse with his right arm raised holding a sword. A dark oval plaque on the pedestal reads "БАГРАТИОН" and "Князь Пётр Иванович".
This monument was erected in 1999 to honor Bagration, who commanded Russian forces during the 1812 French invasion. The statue marks his legacy as a major military leader of that era.
The equestrian figure is a near-exact copy of the Bagration monument unveiled in Tbilisi in 1984, with one difference: the Georgian sword points down, the Moscow sword is raised. The Moscow statue is also taller. On the general's chest the orders he received in his lifetime are reproduced: St Andrew the First-Called, St George 2nd class, St Anna 1st class and St Alexander Nevsky.
The statue stands on the even-numbered side of Kutuzovsky Prospekt, in the Bagration square in front of the Tower-2000 business complex. The wide stepped granite base can be walked around, and the dark oval plaque with the gold inscription "БАГРАТИОН" faces the right side of the pedestal.
The Moscow equestrian statue is an almost exact copy of the Bagration monument unveiled in Tbilisi in 1984; the Moscow version is taller, and Bagration's sword is raised here while it hangs lowered in Tbilisi. The orders he received in life are reproduced on his chest: St Andrew the First-Called, St George 2nd class, St Anna 1st class and St Alexander Nevsky.
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