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Dekabristov (Decembrist's) Square
1768-82. Sculptor E.-M. Falconet
In |Senatskaya Square|Custom1|O:279| the first monument in our
city was erected - that to Peter I, the founder of
Petersburg. This monument, that was
commemorated by Pushkin in his poem The
Bronze Horseman, is one of the best samples of
the world monumental sculpture, one of the
symbols of Petersburg.
The ceremony of the opening took place on
August 7, 1782. On each side of the pedestal
there is an inscription done in Russian and in
Latin reading: ôTo Peter the First - Catherine the
Secondö.
The Bronze Horseman, a monument remarkable
for its perfect composition and masterful
workmanship, is an integral part of the ensemble
of central Petersburg. The author himself
interpreted the symbolic meaning of the rearing
horseman. ôThe monument will be simple, - he
wrote. - I shall limit myself to the statue of this
hero, and I am treating him neither as a great
marshal, nor as a victor, though he was both.