Monument to Peter the Great in Kronstadt, Bronze sculpture in Petrovsky Park, Kronstadt, Russia
The Monument to Peter the Great in Kronstadt is a bronze sculpture standing on a tall pedestal in Petrovsky Park. The entire structure reaches about 10 meters in height and shows the figure of the tsar standing upright.
The monument was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas I and made by the French sculptor T. Jacques, who based it on a sculpture of 1836–1837. The bronze was cast by P. K. Klodt at the Academy of Arts workshop under A. N. Olenin, and the monument was unveiled on 27 June 1841, the anniversary of the Battle of Poltava. In 1860 Petrovsky Park was laid out around it.
The gilded inscription on the front of the pedestal reads "To Peter the First / Founder / of Kronstadt / 1841"; above it a medallion carries the year of the Battle of Poltava, 1709. On the rear face, an inscription replaced the original Latin translation in 1860, quoting a decree of the sovereign dated 18 May 1720 on holding the fleet and this place to the last strength.
You can reach the monument by taking regular ferry services from Saint Petersburg to Kronstadt. The site is open throughout the year for visitors.
The original fence around the monument was made of cannon barrels driven into the ground and linked by chains; it was lost in the Soviet period. The rear of the pedestal carries a 1720 decree of Peter I urging that the fleet and this place be defended to the last strength.
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