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The monument to Nicholas I was opened shortly after the death of the emperor, in 1859. The author of the project was Montferrand, the architect of St. Isaac's Cathedral. The monument to Nicholas I is set on the same axis as the famous Bronze Horseman, shared only by St. Isaac's Cathedral.

Because of the vanity and pride of Nicholas I, the folk immediately came up with a saying: "A clever fool is catching up, but Isaak is hampered."

The Emperor Nicholas I wanted to look like his great predecessor Peter I, but he had a completely different idea of ​​the country's leadership, as a result of which he even received the nickname Nikolai Palkin in the people for numerous repressions and strict control.

The monument to Nicholas I is essentially unique nym, because the 16-meter statue is based only on its hind legs of the horse! Nicholas I sits on a horse in the front uniform of the Cavalry Regiment, and a sculpture was cast using the same technology as the Bronze Horseman.

The huge pedestal also deserves special attention, because it is adorned with allegorical figures of Wisdom, Power, Faith and Justice, for which, according to legend, the Emperor's wife herself posed and his three daughters. The reliefs of the pedestal depict the main events of the epoch of the reign of Nicholas I.

Isaakievskaya square

Address: St. Petersburg, pl. Isaakievskaya

Monument to Nicholas I in the night illumination, St. Petersburg Monument to Nikolai I
Monument to Nikolai I in night illumination
Fragment of monument, Monument to St. Nicholas I, St. Petersburg Monument to Nikolai I
Fragment of monument, Monument to Nicholas I
Emperor, Monument to Nicholas I, St. Petersburg Monument to Nikolai I
Emperor, Monument to Nicholas I
Bas-relief Monument to Nikolai I
Bas-relief "Cholera Riot of 1831", Monument to Nikolai I
Monument to Nikolai I, St. Petersburg Monument to Nikolai I
Monument to Nikolai I