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Arkhangelsk, Russia. Monument to emperor Peter I the Great #46578810
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Monument to Russian emperor Peter I the Great, established in Arkhangelsk in 1914. Sculptor Mark Antokolsky portrayed Peter the Great at the time of the Battle of Poltava in the uniform of an officer of the Preobrazhensky Regiment. Right hand rests on a reed, Peter, in the left compresses the telescope. On three sides of the pedestal knocked out during a visit to Peter I the Archangelsk (1693, 1694, 1702). This monument is depicted on the 500-ruble banknote
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