- 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.
- Many local myths and legends have arisen around the Bronze Horseman. One is probably served as the basis for Pushkin's work.
- Bronze Horseman is likely to be the most famous monument in St. Petersburg.
- 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 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, sits atop the Thunder Stone – allegedly the largest monolith ever moved by human beings!
- …of Peter, known as the Bronze Horseman, created in 1782 by Étienne Falconet.
- There is a legend from the 19th century that, as long as the Bronze Horseman stands on Senate Square, St Petersburg will never fall to an enemy.
- 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 name, “The Bronze Horseman,” came from a poem--1833—from a very famous Russian writer, Alexander Pushkin.”
- According to a 19th century legend, enemy forces will never take St. Petersburg while the "Bronze Horseman" stands in the middle of the city.
- By the way, in Russian language the Bronze Horseman is usually called the Copper Horseman, though it is made of bronze.
- The Bronze Horseman symbolizes “Tsar Peter, the city of St Petersburg, and the uncanny reach of autocracy over the lives of ordinary people.”
- Bronze Horseman, monument dedicated to Peter the Great, became one of the symbols of St. Petersburg. There are a lot of myths and legends about it.
