Monument `Millennium Of Russia` In Velikiy Novgorod, 1861. Editorial Photo

Monument `Millennium of Russia` in Velikiy Novgorod, 1861.The silhouette of the monument is associated with two important symbols of Russian and Novgorod history: an attribute of royal power - the Monomakh hat - and the veche bell.In the upper part - an angel, personifying Orthodoxy, blesses a kneeling woman - Russia. The second level consists of six groups. Each represents one of the stages in the development of Russian statehood: from Rurik on the southern side to Peter I on the northern side. The tape of the high relief, going in a circle below, contains the whole history of Russia.129 figures, approved by Alexander II, are combined into groups: statesmen, military and heroes, cultural figures, enlighteners.