Peter the Great Statue

Peter the Great Statue
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55°44′19″N 37°36′30″E / 55.73861°N 37.60833°E / 55.73861; 37.60833
LocationMoscow, Russia
DesignerZurab Tsereteli
Opening date1997

The Peter the Great Statue is a 98-metre-high (322 ft) monument to Peter the Great, located at the western confluence of the Moskva River and the Vodootvodny Canal in central Moscow, Russia. It was designed by the Georgian designer Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate 300 years of the Russian Navy, which Peter the Great established. It was erected in 1997 and It weighs around 1,000 tons[1] containing 600 tons of stainless steel, bronze and copper.[2]

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  2. ^ "Moscow gripped by 'ugly statue' row", BBC News, 21 October 2010