Monument Nicolas I, St. Petersburg Stock Photography

Monument Nicolas I, St. Petersburg, on St. Isaacs Square (Isaakievskaya ploshchad). The six-meter statue was a technical wonder of its time. It was the first equestrian statue in Europe with only two support points (the rear hooves of the horse), On pedestal corners allegorical figures of Justice, Force, Wisdom and Belief to which portrait similarity to empress Alexandra Feodorovna and her daughters is given: grand duchesses Alexandra, Maria and Olga.