Column of Glory


Column of Glory
Колонна Славы (Kolonna Slavy)
Russo-Turkish War memorial column
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59°54′59″N 30°18′26″E / 59.91639°N 30.30722°E / 59.91639; 30.30722
LocationTrinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russia
TypeVictory Memorial
MaterialTrophy cannon barrels
HeightEight meters
Beginning date1886 (original), 2004 (replica)
Completion date1886 (original), 2004 (replica)
Dedicated toVictory in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878
Dismantled date1929

The Column of Glory (Russian: Колонна Славы, Kolonna Slavy), sometimes called the Russo-Turkish War Memorial column, is a victory memorial situated in the immediate surroundings of the Trinity Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Completed in 2004 as a gift at the 300th anniversary of the city in 2003, the monument is an exact replica of a monument from 1886 that was destroyed by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1929.