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The Kagul Obelisk

Categories / Tsarskoe Selo and town of Pushkin. The digital chronological reference book/The Pantheon of military glory/Monuments dedicated to important events of the military history of Russia of the XVII - XIX centuries

It is one of the first monuments of military glory erected in Tsarskoye Selo to commemorate the victory of the Russian army in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768 – 1774. The Russian army under the command of General P.A. Rumyantsev gained the victory at the Kagul River. Being the foremost Russian generals P.A. Rumyantsev not only revived but improved the Russian art of war. The monument was designed by Antonio Rinaldi in 1771-1772. As one of the most modest of all monuments of military glory it attracts attention by delicate proportions and unusual dark greyand-white marble. The inscription on the bronze plate glorifies the victory of the Russian army of 1500 that caused the Turkish army of 17 000 to flee.

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