Monument to Peter the First
artificial island at the division of the Moscow River and the Water Canal, Moscow, Russia
Description:
The Moscow monument to Peter the First by Zurab Tsereteli stands, or rather, rises on the bank of the Moscow River opposite the temple to Christ the Savior. It was installed on a bulk island near the division of the Moscow River and the Water Canal in 1997 by order of the Moscow Government in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Russian fleet. This is one of the highest monuments in the world - it rises above the ground almost 100 meters.
The bronze figure of the Russian tsar, standing against the background of a sailboat, is a kind of dominant of this area of Moscow. And in a technical sense, the monument is a unique engineering structure. Inside the building there is a special staircase to monitor the state of the monument. The foundation of the monument, which forms the island, is surrounded by fountains, which creates the effect of the movement of the ship.
In Russian society, the attitude towards this giant Tsereteli is ambiguous. Someone completely rejects the monument, considering it ugly, someone, on the contrary, considers it a full-fledged object of art. Objectively, it is known that some inaccuracies associated with the location of the standard are allowed in the visual appearance of the monument.