- The Bronze Horseman symbolizes “Tsar Peter, the city of St Petersburg, and the uncanny reach of autocracy over the lives of ordinary people.”
- The Bronze Horseman is surrounded by famous attractions such as the buildings of the Senate and Synod, the Admiralty, and St. Isaac's Cathedral.
- The Bronze Horseman – an impressive monument to the founder of St Petersburg, Peter the Great – is one of St Petersburg’s most famous monuments.
- The Bronze Horseman is a tribute to the founder of St. Petersburg, Peter the Great, and immortalized in one of the epic poems by Russia's famous literary writer...
- The Bronze Horseman stands on an enormous boulder that was originally buried in earth at Lakhta, some 10 km away, as the crow flies.
- Detail of the "Bronze Horseman" (Monument to Peter the Great), by Étienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791).
- You would be forgiven for thinking that the Bronze Horseman looked like Napoleon Crossing the Alps. But the Horseman is much subtler than that.
- One of the most popular places to see in St. Petersburg, the Bronze Horseman is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great on horseback.
- Masterpiece by French sculptor Etienne Maurice Falconet Bronze Horseman has become the most mysterious symbol of Saint Petersburg.