Monument to Alexander II of Russia, Bronze monument in Samara, Russia.
The Monument to Alexander II of Russia is a bronze statue on a granite base, placed at a central crossroads in Samara, Russia. The figure depicts the tsar in a formal standing pose and is set within a busy urban stretch of the city center.
The original monument was inaugurated in 1889, a few years after the tsar's assassination, and stood in place until the 1917 revolution. It was torn down in the 1920s by the new authorities and only rebuilt much later, returning to the same central location.
The monument stands in a central part of Samara and marks the era of the emancipation of the serfs, one of the deepest social changes in Russian history. Passersby today encounter a restored public work that returned to the city's streets after decades of absence.
The monument is in the center of Samara and easy to reach on foot from most of the surrounding streets. Nearby there are other points of interest, so a visit fits naturally into a walk through the city center.
The current monument is not a restored version of the original but a fully new construction built long after the Soviet period ended. The original had been so thoroughly removed that the reconstruction had to rely on old photographs and archive documents.
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