Monument to Admiral Faddej Faddejevich Bellingshausen
Description:
The monument was opened on September 11 (24), 1870.
Sculptor I. N. Schroeder (casting – A. Moran)
Architect I. A. Monighetti (Pedestal drawing and base drawings)
Artist A. A. Barinov (granite works)
The height of the monument is 4.3 meters (2.2 meters - monument, 2.1 meters - figure).
The monument was created with funds collected by subscription by colleagues and admirers of the outstanding navigator.
F. F. Bellingshausen arrived in Kronstadt in 1789 in the Naval Cadet Corps. He graduated in 1797 as a midshipman. In 1803, F. F. Bellingshausen went to the First Russian round-the-world expedition under the command of I. F. Kruzenshtern. In 1818-1821 he made the first Russian Antarctic expedition on the sloops Vostok and Mirny.
After returning from the expedition and processing its materials, the life of F. F. Bellingshausen passes in constant voyages. In 1839 he was appointed chief commander of the port of Kronstadt and military governor of Kronstadt. With him in Kronstadt built steamship plant, forts "Paul I" and "Alexander I", harbors and batteries, built Kronstadt fortress.
His care began to be squares in many areas arranged alleys of the outskirts of Petrovsky Square began to give shade on the places distributed by the Admiral himself, planted with roots in blocks of land huge trees ...