Peter the Great

The Bronze Horseman is an of Peter the Great in the in , Russia. It was opened to the public on 18 August 1782.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: monument for Peter I. at the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg
  • Also known as: “Bronze Horseman” and “Statue of Peter the Great, St. Petersburg”
  • Inscription: “ПЕТРУ перьвому ЕКАТЕРИНА вторая лѣта 1782.”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Senate Square and The presidential library named after B. N. Yeltsin.

Square
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, formerly known as Decembrists' Square from the 1920s to 2008, and as Peter's Square, from 1782 to 1925, is a city square in , .

Library
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Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library is one of the three national Libraries in . Located in , its focus is on electronic collections on all topics Russian, not just the life of its namesake. is situated 150 metres south of Peter the Great.

Museum
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The is a Petrine Baroque edifice in , situated on Universitetskaya Embankment of the Bolshaya Neva on . is situated 450 metres northwest of Peter the Great.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peter and Paul Fortress and Apraksin Dvor.

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.

Suburb
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Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in , , covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project.

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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 the Great

Latitude
59.93641° or 59° 56′ 11″ north
Longitude
30.30218° or 30° 18′ 8″ east
Open location code
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Peter the Great” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bronsruiter”
  • Arabic: “الفارس البرونزي”
  • Armenian: “Պղնձե հեծյալ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bürünc atlı”
  • Belarusian: “Медны коннік”
  • Catalan: “El cavaller de bronze”
  • Chinese: “彼得大帝青铜骑士像”
  • Chuvash: “Пăхăр юланут”
  • Czech: “Měděný jezdec”
  • Dutch: “Bronzen ruiter”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فارس برونزى”
  • Esperanto: “La Bronza Rajdanto”
  • Estonian: “Vaskratsanik”
  • Finnish: “Pietari Suuri”
  • Finnish: “Vaskiratsastaja”
  • French: “Le Cavalier d’airain”
  • French: “Le Cavalier de bronze”
  • Georgian: “ბრინჯაოს მხედარი”
  • German: “Der eherne Reiter”
  • German: “Peter der Große”
  • Greek: “Μπρούτζινος Καβαλάρης”
  • Greek: “Χάλκινος Καβαλάρης”
  • Hebrew: “פרש הברונזה”
  • Hebrew: “פרש הנחושת”
  • Italian: “Il cavaliere di bronzo”
  • Japanese: “青銅の騎士”
  • Korean: “청동기마상”
  • Latin: “Eques aeneus”
  • Macedonian: “Бронзениот коњаник”
  • Persian: “سوارکار برنزی”
  • Polish: “Pomnik Piotra I w Petersburgu”
  • Portuguese: “Cavaleiro de Bronze”
  • Russian: “Медный всадник”
  • Russian: “Петру Великому”
  • Slovak: “Medený jazdec”
  • Slovenian: “Bronasti jezdec (kip)”
  • Slovenian: “Bronasti jezdec”
  • Spanish: “Caballero de Bronce”
  • Spanish: “Jinete de Bronce de Pedro I el Grande”
  • Swedish: “Bronsryttaren”
  • Turkish: “Bronz Atlı”
  • Ukrainian: “Мідний вершник”
  • Veps: “Vas’kne raccastai”
  • Western Armenian: “Պղինձէ Հեծեալ”

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