Monument to Peter I
Russia, Rostov region, Taganrog, Peter 1 Square
Description:
Monument to the First Emperor of the Russian Empire, erected in Taganrog in 1903. The statue of the famous master Antokolsky M.M. has six copies in various Russian cities.
The monument was built for the 200th anniversary of Taganrog on the donations of citizens. It is known that Anton Pavlovich Chekhov himself took an active part in the choice of this work by Antokolsky, the already famous writer also contributed a significant amount of money to the ebb of the bronze monument. Over the fifty years following the grand opening, the monument changed its location eight times, which is associated with the history of the city and the country.
Today, at the bronze figure of the reformer tsar, citizens gather for festive events and rallies, and sometimes on the day of graduation of Navy lieutenants on Peter I you can see a flaunting sailor collar.