Peter I Monument

The Monument to Peter I in the in , Russia, is a bronze statue by Mihail Chemiakin. It was designed and cast in the United States in the 1980s and donated by Chemiakin to the city.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: monument in Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Also known as: “Monument to Peter I” and “Monument to Peter I by Mihail Chemiakin”
  • Inscription: “Основателю Великого Града Российского Императору Петру Первому от Итальянского Скульптора Карло Растрелли и от Русского Художника Михаила Шемякина 1991 г. Отлита в Америке”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Artillery Museum and Gosudarev Bastion.

Museum
Photo: George Shuklin, CC BY-SA 1.0.
The Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps, also known simply as the , is a state-owned in , Russia. is situated 420 metres northwest of Peter I Monument.

Photo: Dezidor, CC BY 3.0.
is situated 140 metres east of Peter I Monument.

Mosque
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , when opened in 1913, was the largest in outside . The mosque is situated in downtown St Petersburg. Its two minarets are 49 meters high and the dome is 39 meters high. is situated 660 metres northeast of Peter I Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peter and Paul Fortress and Saint Petersburg.

Neighborhood
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The is the original citadel of , Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.

Photo: Albabos, CC BY 3.0.
, known as Petrograd in 1914-1924 and Leningrad in 1924-1991, is the second largest city of Russia, with 5.6 million inhabitants, the fourth most populous city in Europe, the world's northernmost city of at least a million residents, and the former capital of the Russian Empire.

Photo: Мария.Б., CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a borough in consisting of the islands of the northern part of the Neva delta. Mostly residential, it is also home to several smaller universities, stadiums of FC Zenit and the tallest structure of the city, a 326-m-high TV tower.

Peter I Monument

Latitude
59.95015° or 59° 57′ 1″ north
Longitude
30.31784° or 30° 19′ 4″ east
Inception
June 7th, 1991
Open location code
9GFGX829+34
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1955770752
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q6906884
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Peter I Monument” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نصب بطرس الأول التذكاري”
  • Chinese: “彼得雕像”
  • French: “Monument de Pierre 1er”
  • Georgian: “პეტრე I-ის ძეგლი (პეტრე-პავლეს ციხესიმაგრე)”
  • Georgian: “პეტრე I-ის ძეგლი”
  • German: “Denkmal für Peter I.”
  • Italian: “Monumento a Pietro I”
  • Italian: “Monumento a Pietro il Grande”
  • Russian: “Памятник Петру I в Петропавловской крепости”
  • Russian: “Памятник Петру I”
  • Russian: “Петру I”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Невская куртина and Музей истории Петропавловской крепости.

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