Moscow Kremlin

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1994: Dismantling of Lenin Monument

The monument to Lenin, erected in 1967 on the site of the previously demolished monument to Alexander II, was dismantled in 1994 during the period of socio-economic and political reforms in the country.

1967

In 1967, a monument to V.I. Lenin, designed by sculptor V.B. Pinchuk and architect S.B. Speransky.

1961

Tainitsky Garden in the Kremlin, 1961

1947

The Kremlin, decorated with light illumination during the celebration of the 800th anniversary of Moscow, USSR, 1947.

1918: Dismantling of the monument to Alexander II

Since March 1918, the Kremlin became the seat of the Soviet government. The monument to the emperor as a symbol of deposed power was destroyed first. Already in the summer, the figure of Alexander II was removed, the hay and the gallery stood until the end of the 1920s.

1908

View of the Kremlin from Zamoskvorechye. Small Stone Bridge. 1900-1908

1903

View from the bell tower of Ivan the Great, Moscow, 1903

1902

Fragment of a panorama of the Kremlin from the Moskva River with a monument to Alexander II. Beginning of the 20th century

Monument-monument to Alexander II against the background of a panorama Zamoskvorechye, early 20th century

1901

Cathedral Square of the Kremlin. 1901

1898

The memorial complex dedicated to Alexander II was built at the initiative of his son Emperor Alexander III in memory of the tsar-reformer, the tsar-liberator, who abolished serfdom in 1861. The monument was laid in 1893 in the southeastern part of the Kremlin over the hillside facing the Moskva River. Architect N.V. Sultanov, sculptor A.M. Opekushin and artist P.V. Zhukovsky took part in its creation. Construction was carried out for five years with nationwide donations.

On August 16, 1898, the monument was inaugurated.

Monument to Alexander II, view from Ivanovo Square. Photography.

In the center of the monument on a rectangular pedestal was a statue of the emperor, cast in dark bronze. Above it towered a tent hay in the style of architecture XVII with a gilded roof. The inscription was placed on the pedestal: "Emperor Alexander the love of the people." The central figure of the emperor, facing Ivanovo Square, was surrounded on three sides by a through arched gallery, on the arches of which 33 mosaic portraits of Russian sovereigns from St. Vladimir to Nicholas I. The portraits were made according to the sketches of P.V. Zhukovsky - the son of the famous poet.

1896

Ladies in the Kremlin, Moscow, 1896.

Kremlin in winter, 1895-1896

1892

View of the Kremlin 1891-1892 by A. Reinbot