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    The Monument to Nicholas I (Russian: Памятник Николаю I) is a bronze equestrian monument of Nicholas I of Russia on St Isaac's Square (in front of Saint...
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    the monuments to Kutuzov and Barclay de Tolly. The statues were made by Boris Orlovsky, and the bases by Vasily Stasov. The Monument to Nicholas I was...
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    Nicholas I (6 July [O.S. 25 June] 1796 – 2 March [O.S. 18 February] 1855) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from...
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    Peredvizhniki school. The monument to Nicholas I of Russia in St. Petersburg, late 19th century photochrome print. The monument to Nicholas I of Russia, modern...
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    Church of the Savior on Blood (category Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg)
    memorial to his father. Estimates suggest that the construction cost 4.5 million rubles. The construction was completed during the reign of Nicholas II in...
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  • Church – The Heart of the Andes Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg – Monument to Nicholas I (Saint Petersburg), the world's largest equestrian statue supported...
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    Alexander Column (category Monuments and memorials in Saint Petersburg)
    Russia. The monument was raised after the Russian victory in the war with Napoleon's France. The column is named for Emperor Alexander I of Russia, who...
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    Palace Square (category Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Saint Petersburg)
    These plans came to fruition half a century later, when Alexander I of Russia (reigned 1801–1825) envisaged the square as a vast monument to the 1812–1814...
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    Saint Isaac's Square (category Cultural heritage monuments in Saint Petersburg)
    separates it from Senate Square. The square is graced by the equestrian Monument to Nicholas I. The Lobanov-Rostovsky House (1817–1820) on the west side of the...
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  • and popular festivities. Saint Isaac's Square is graced by the Monument to Nicholas I (1856–1859), which was spared by Bolshevik authorities from destruction...
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    Obelisk Monument to the Fighters of the Revolution Monument to Nicholas I Monument to Nizami Ganjavi in Saint Petersburg Monument to Peter I (Peter and...
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    Obelisk Monument to Nicholas I Monument to Peter I (Peter and Paul Fortress) Monument to Peter I (St. Michael's Castle) Rimsky-Korsakov Monument Museums...
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  • is only the second oldest in the world of this kind, after the Monument to Nicholas I in Saint Petersburg, outdoing the achievement of Tacca's equestrian...
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    suppressed Decembrist revolt against Nicholas I took place on the Senate Square in the city, a day after Nicholas assumed the throne. By the 1840s, neoclassical...
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    Ленинграду») is a monument in the shape of an obelisk located in Vosstaniya Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which was known as Leningrad from 1924 to 1991. It...
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    most familiar works are the bas-reliefs on the pedestal of the Monument to Nicholas I, in Saint Petersburg, some external decorations at the Cathedral...
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    The Monument to the Tsar Liberator (Bulgarian: Паметник на Цар Освободител, romanized: Pametnik na Tsar Osvoboditel) is an equestrian monument in the centre...
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    Berlin and buried in the cemetery, with a grand monument erected two years later to the design of architect I. I. Gornostayev, with sculptures by Nikolay Laveretsky...
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    an assistant to Auguste de Montferrand, and helped to draft the plans for a monument to Tsar Nicholas I, under the direction of Nicholas Benois. His work...
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  • and Charles of Provence on the death of their father, Emperor Lothair I. He wrote to the Frankish bishops, rebuking them for remaining silent in the face...
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    officers who wanted to install Nicholas' brother as a constitutional monarch. But the revolt was easily crushed, leading Nicholas to turn away from liberal...
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    Decembrist revolt (category Nicholas I of Russia)
    of succession therefore was younger brother Nicholas, who would ascend to the throne as Emperor Nicholas I. Neither the Russian government nor the general...
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    Novocherkassk, during the reign of Nicholas I. This monument was built by the famous sculptor Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg and architect A.I. Ivanov. It was placed...
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    it was more likely modelled from life by Gerard's brother, Nicholas Johnson. The monument features a demi-figure of the poet holding a real quill pen...
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    Alexander Palace (category Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg)
    however, he chose to reside in the much larger Catherine Palace nearby. Alexander I gave the palace to his brother, the future Nicholas I, for summer usage...
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    friend Nixa [Nicholas]" and lamented that "a terrible responsibility fell on my shoulders" when Nicholas died. As tsesarevich, Alexander began to study the...
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    Kiliński") and on 13 March adding a new plaque to the Copernicus monument: "For removal of the Kiliński statue, I am extending the winter by two months. Kopernik...
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    1840, the monument was assembled again, and during an inspection of the fortress by Tsar Nicholas I, it was decided to scrap the monument, but he changed...
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    The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United...
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    alcove with an icon of the Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of the monastery. It is designated as a Cultural Monument of Albania and is a protected heritage...
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