- The poem “The Bronze Horseman” was written in the autumn of 1833 in Boldin after a trip to the Urals in Pugachev’s places.
- The Bronze Horseman – an impressive monument to the founder of St Petersburg, Peter the Great – is one of St Petersburg’s most famous monuments.
- There is another legend connected with the monument, the motives of which even became the basis of Pushkin’s poem “The Bronze Horseman”.
- The Bronze Horseman stands on an enormous boulder that was originally buried in earth at Lakhta, some 10 km away, as the crow flies.
- In one of Petersburg’s most famous passages, the narrator connects the Bronze Horseman to Russia’s fate
- Mesmerizing from the very first page to the final, breathtaking end, The Bronze Horseman brings alive the story of two indomitable, heroic spirits and their great love...
- Bronze Horseman, monument dedicated to Peter the Great, became one of the symbols of St. Petersburg.
- Occurrence the bronze horseman on the coast of Neva has stirred up again immemorial struggle of a century past with a century present.
- One of the most popular places to see in St. Petersburg, the Bronze Horseman is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great on horseback.