- The Bronze Horseman – a monument to Peter I on Senate Square in St. Petersburg – is one of the main symbols of the city on the Neva.
- 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 one of the most famous monuments in St. Petersburg. In fact, the monument is dedicated to Peter I. The name " The Bronze Horseman...
- The Bronze Horseman symbolizes “Tsar Peter, the city of St Petersburg, and the uncanny reach of autocracy over the lives of ordinary people.”
- It received its name, and with it wide popularity, after the publication of Pushkin's poem "The Bronze Horseman", although in fact it was cast from bronze.
- Russia: The Bronze Horseman Monuments in St Petersburg.
- Over the next eight years, the statue was cast in bronze. The name "Bronze Horseman" is an artistic device of Pushkin, in fact the figure is bronze.
- We have many monuments to Peter I but the Bronze Horseman is unique. The idea of erecting a monument to Peter I belonged to Catherine II.
- The Bronze Horseman is surrounded by famous attractions such as the buildings of the Senate and Synod, the Admiralty, and St. Isaac's Cathedral.