• The Bronze Horseman is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was opened to the public on 7 (18) August 1782.
  • Probably he used this word for a proper rhyme, but ever since then Russians have called the bronze monument - ‘the copper horseman’.
  • Bronze Horseman is likely to be the most famous monument in St. Petersburg.
  • According to a 19th century legend, enemy forces will never take St. Petersburg while the "Bronze Horseman" stands in the middle of the city.
  • In the popular imagination, the statue’s imperious gesture is forever linked to Alexander Pushkin’s famous verse from his poem “The Bronze Horseman.”
  • The Bronze Horseman is a monument, which was established in honor of the first Russian Emperor Peter the Great, who founded the city.
  • The Bronze Horseman is a monument located in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg.
  • The Bronze Horseman is surrounded by famous attractions such as the buildings of the Senate and Synod, the Admiralty, and St. Isaac's Cathedral.
  • John Dewey’s verse translation of Alexander Pushkin’s narrative poem The Bronze Horseman was shortlisted for the John Dryden Translation Prize 1996/7...
  • Some say that during Napoleonic invasion, the Emperor Alexander II wanted to take the Bronze Horseman out of the city in order to protect it from the invaders.
  • …of Peter, known as the Bronze Horseman , created in 1782 by Étienne Falconet.
  • Located opposite St Isaac's Cathedral by the Neva river is the imposing statue of the Bronze Horseman.