By iirchen on Skatehive
Continuing my story about the Peter and Paul Fortress, which I started in the previous post, I decided this time to do without architectural details and historical excursions (although there will still be a couple)), and talk about funny and maybe strange monuments that you can see in the fortress. St. Petersburg was founded by Peter the Great, he also ordered to lay the Peter and Paul Fortress. Therefore, it is not surprising that there is a monument to him in the fortress. However, what may surprise you is the sculpture itself. She looks grotesque, if not ridiculous, and that's why. The author of this work is the Soviet (as well as American and Russian) world-renowned sculptor Mikhail Shemyakin. He had long been interested in Peter's personality and often painted him. And finally, he decided to make a sculpture of the Russian emperor. It should be noted that Peter the Great was a tall man - 2 meters 4 centimeters. Even now we will call such a person very tall, and to his contemporari