Monument to the Two-Headed Eagle

The first monument in Khabarovsk was the monument to the Double-Headed Eagle, built on May 29, 1900. The cast iron bird was installed in honor of the soldiers and officers who took part in the construction of the Far Eastern Railway. The statue of the eagle rises on a marble obelisk, at the base of which a commemorative copper board was attached. It is engraving in gold letters: “By order of Emperor Alexander III, the Ussuri Railway was started with construction on May 19, 1891.” The monument was partially destroyed during the Civil War, when the Japanese shelled the Khabarovsk station square. For eight years, the stele stood without an eagle crowning it.

By the time of the arrival of Soviet power in the Far East, the monument was completely destroyed. The monument was restored near the railway station in such a way that it was visible from afar to residents of the city and visiting guests. The wingspan of the eagle at the top of the stele is two meters. On each head of the bird there is a gilded monastic crown, and in its paws it holds the globe.