Monument to Alexander Nevsky

The monument to the Grand Duke of Vladimir-Suzdal Alexander Nevsky is installed in Vladimir on the walls of the Mother of God-Christmas Monastery in the park of the city planetarium. The choice of the location of the monument is not accidental. It was in the Nativity Monastery that the relics of the Grand Duke rested until 1723, when they were transferred to St. Petersburg by order of Peter the Great.

The monument is made in full growth and depicts the prince leaning with his left hand on a shield with the coat of arms of Vladimir. The right hand is pressed to the chest, the head is thoughtfully tilted to the left, as if the prince were staring at something nearby. It is noteworthy that the clothes of the prince - shirt, ports and princely cloak-basket - resemble the look of Alexander Nevsky from the historical film of the same name by Sergei Eisenstein. The monument of sculptor Igor Chernoglazov was opened on June 12, 2003. Its opening was timed to coincide with City Day.

Interestingly, before the appearance of the modern version of the monument, the bust of Alexander Nevsky was located on the same place, opened on the 700th anniversary of the death of the prince in 1963. This bust of the authorship of the sculptor Orlov is known to all by the many sketches that can be seen in school history textbooks. It is through this image that we imagine what the Grand Duke looked like.

You can get to the monument to Alexander Nevsky from the Cathedral Square stop (buses 12a and 22, trolleybuses 1 and 5), walking 250 meters along Bolshaya Moskovskaya Street in the direction of the Mother of God-Christmas Monastery and turning to the right.