Fyodor I Ioannovich haykali, Bronze monument in Tsarevokokshaisk Kremlin, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
The monument to Fyodor I Ioannovich is a single-figure bronze composition on a 1.5-metre pedestal, with the sculpture itself 3.5 metres tall and the whole work over 5 metres. The tsar wears the full royal regalia: a platno robe, a crown, a diadem on his shoulders, a orb in his left hand and a cross at his chest in his right. It stands on Voskresenskaya Embankment by the wall around the Voskresensky Cathedral.
The fortress Tsaryov Gorod na Kokshage, later Tsaryovokokshaysk and now Yoshkar-Ola, was founded by order of Tsar Fyodor I during the Third Cheremis War of 1581–1585, not by a decree of 1584. Sculptor Andrey Kovalchuk's bronze statue, cast in Zhukovsky, was installed on 2 November 2009 at the Tsaryovokokshaysky Kremlin complex and unveiled on 4 November 2009, then moved to the Voskresenskaya Embankment on 21 October 2011.
The statue honours Fyodor I, third son of Ivan the Terrible, who in 1581–1585 ordered fortified settlements built in the Mari forests during the Third Cheremis War; one became Tsaryov gorod na Kokshage, today's Yoshkar-Ola. The inscription on the pedestal reads "Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich".
The statue stands on Voskresenskaya Embankment, by the wall built around the Voskresensky Cathedral, not inside the Tsarevokokshaisk Kremlin complex where it was first placed. It was moved there on 21 October 2011, so look for it along the embankment rather than among the Kremlin displays.
The statue was first installed on 2 November 2009 inside the Tsarevokokshaisk Kremlin complex and moved on 21 October 2011 to the Voskresenskaya Embankment, beside the improvised fortress wall around the Voskresensky Cathedral. It is the first full-length monument to a Russian sovereign anywhere.
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