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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Washington Heights-Inwood War Memorial (category World War I memorials in the United States)
    Broadway and St. Nicholas Avenue between 167th and 168th Streets in Mitchel Square Park, Manhattan, New York City. The Inwood Monument was dedicated on...
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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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    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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    The Princely Church of Saint Nicholas in Curtea de Argeș was founded by Basarab I (1310 - 1352), completed in 1352, in the perimeter of the 13th century...
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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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  • realized that Nicholas had been shot in the head. They drove directly to the nearest town, but the hospital was not equipped to deal with Nicholas' injuries...
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    2021. "Stanford-on-Avon, St Nicholas' Church". Britain Express. Retrieved 11 May 2021. "Church of St Nicholas A Grade I Listed Building in Stanford,...
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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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    Day over Fascism, a large monument to King Nicholas was uncovered by President Filip Vujanović. The author of the monument is Miodrag Živković, a sculptor...
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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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