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- 1799. Architect V.Brenna
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- This is a memorial to Field Marshal P.Rumiantsev.
- It had been originally put up in the |Field of Mars|Custom1|O:235|.
- According to C.Rossi's project it was later
- transferred to a site in the vicinity of the First
- Cadet Corps where Rumiantsev had received his
- military training. In the 1860s a garden was laid
- out around it, with two fountains and a cast-iron
- railing. The obelisk made of gray Serdobol
- granite is a typical sample of this type of
- memorials.
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