Monument to Alexander Nevsky
Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia
Description:
The monument to Alexander Nevsky was erected in Gorodets on the eve of the 730th anniversary of the death of the famous commander. The opening of the monument took place in 1993 at the intersection of Nevsky Street and Volga Embankment. The solemn ceremony was attended by veterans of the Great Patriotic War, the monument was consecrated by Metropolitan Nicholas of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas.
The authors of the monument are sculptor I.I. Lukin and architects V.V. Ivanov, V.N. Bykov. The construction was carried out at the expense of an entrepreneur-patron from Nizhny Novgorod E.V. Mamontov, the monument was cast in the city of St. Petersburg.
It is known that Alexander Nevsky died on November 14, 1263 in the Fedorovsky monastery, in Gorodets. Local residents became the first participants in the grief that befell the Russian land with the death of the Grand Duke. Alexander Nevsky was canonized as a saint in 1381.
