• The Bronze Horseman stands on an enormous boulder that was originally buried in earth at Lakhta, some 10 km away, as the crow flies.
  • 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...
  • In one of Petersburg’s most famous passages, the narrator connects the Bronze Horseman to Russia’s fate
  • At first, Evgenii was just a lowly clerk that the Bronze Horseman could not.
  • Bronze Horseman, monument dedicated to Peter the Great, became one of the symbols of St. Petersburg.
  • One of the most popular places to see in St. Petersburg, the Bronze Horseman is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great on horseback.
  • Detail of the "Bronze Horseman" (Monument to Peter the Great), by Étienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791).
  • 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.