Russalka Memorial
Russalka Memorial is a bronze monument sculpted by Amandus Adamson, erected on 7 September 1902 in Kadriorg, Tallinn, Estonia to mark the ninth anniversary of the sinking of the Russian warship Rusalka, or "Mermaid", which sank en route to Finland in 1893.Photo: Ren12, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: monument in Kadriorg, Tallinn
- Also known as: “The ‘Russalka’ Memorial”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kadriorg Palace and Kumu Art Museum.
Kadriorg Palace
Museum
Kadriorg Palace is an 18th-century Petrine Baroque palace in Kadriorg, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Both the Estonian and the German names for the palace mean "Catherine's valley". Kadriorg Palace is situated 570 metres south of Russalka Memorial.
Kumu Art Museum
Museum
Photo: U.S. Embassy Tallinn, CC0.
The Kumu Art Museum is an art museum in Tallinn, Estonia. It is one of the largest museums in Estonia and one of the largest art museums in Northern Europe. Kumu Art Museum is situated 790 metres south of Russalka Memorial.
Mikkel Museum
Museum
Photo: Ren12, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
The Mikkel Museum is a branch of the Art Museum of Estonia, located in Kadriorg park in Tallinn. It displays a collection of mainly Western art and ceramics, and Chinese porcelain, donated by art collector Johannes Mikkel in 1994. Mikkel Museum is situated 670 metres south of Russalka Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kesklinn and Maakri.
Kesklinn
Suburb
Photo: Pjotr Mahhonin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kesklinn is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is situated on the Tallinn Bay and bordered to the northwest by the district of Põhja-Tallinn, to the west by Kristiine, to the southwest by Nõmme, to the east by Lasnamäe and Pirita, and to the south by Rae Parish, beyond Lake Ülemiste.
Maakri
Quarter
Maakri is a subdistrict in the district of Kesklinn, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 1,099. In the last decade Maakri has developed into the main business centre of Tallinn.
Russalka Memorial
- Categories: monument, tourist attraction, and historic site
- Location: Kesklinna linnaosa, Tallinn, Harju, North Estonia, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.44337° or 59° 26′ 36″ northLongitude
24.79399° or 24° 47′ 38″ eastInception
September 20th, 1902Height
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
9GF6CQVV+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 269203257OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q692269
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Spanish—“Russalka Memorial” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “«Ջրահարս» զրահանավի հուշարձան”
- Armenian: “Ջրահարս զրահանավի հուշարձան”
- Dutch: “Russalka monument”
- Dutch: “Russalkamonument”
- Estonian: “Mälestussammas Russalka”
- Estonian: “Russalka”
- Finnish: “Russalka”
- French: “Mémorial aux marins du cuirassé Roussalka”
- French: “Mémorial de la Russalka”
- German: “Rusalka-Denkmal”
- German: “Russalka-Denkmal”
- German: “Russalka”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת רוסלקה”
- Hungarian: “Ruszalka-emlékmű”
- Persian: “یادواره روسالکا”
- Russian: “броненосец Русалка памятник”
- Russian: “Памятник броненосцу «Русалка»”
- Russian: “Русалка памятник”
- Russian: “Русалка”
- Slovenian: “Spomenik Rusalki”
- Spanish: “Monumento al Russalka”
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