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Orlovsky (real name Smirnov) Boris Ivanovich
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Orlovsky B.I., (1796-1837), sculptor
ORLOVSKY (real name Smirnov) Boris Ivanovich (1796-1837), sculptor, adherent of Classicism. Born into a family of serfs. From 1809 studied in Moscow under S.P. Campioni, and from 1817 in St. Petersburg under A. Triscorni
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Alexander Column
ALEXANDER COLUMN (Alexandriisky Pillar), a monument to the victory over Napoleon in the Patriotic War of 1812 standing on Palace Square. It was named in honour of Emperor Alexander I. It was constructed in 1830-1834 (architect A.A. Montferrand)
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Barclay de Tolli M.B. (1757-1818), military commander, Field Marshal-General
BARCLAY DE TOLLI Mikhail Bogdanovt (Michael Andreas) (1757-1818), prince (1815), military leader and field marshal general (1814). From 1776 served with the Russian Army, took part in wars against Turkey (1787-91) and Sweden (1788-90 and 1808-09)
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Clark Matthew (1776-1846), metallurgical engineer
CLARK Matvey Egorovich (Matthew) (1776-1846), metallurgical engineer, Chief Hunt Master. A native of Scotland, he served as inspector at St. Petersburg Iron Foundry (today, Kirovsky Plant) in 1824 and director of Alexandrovsky Foundry (today
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Kutuzov M.I. (1745-1813), military commander, Field Marshal-General
KUTUZOV (Golenishchev-Kutuzov) Mikhail Illarionovich (1745-1813), Gracious Prince Smolensky (1812), commander, Field-Marshal General (1812). He graduated from Artillery school and Engineering school in St. Petersburg (1759)
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Monuments to the War of 1812-1814
MONUMENTS TO THE WAR OF 1812-1814, memorial constructions in honour of Russia's military victories during the Patriotic War of 1812 and the campaigns of 1813-14 against Emperor Napoleon I concluding with allied troops marching into Paris on 19 March
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Moscow Triumphal Arch
MOSCOW TRIUMPHAL ARCH built in 1834-38, designed by architect V.P. Stasov, stands on the intersection of Moskovsky Avenue and Ligovsky Avenue in commemoration of the Russian military victories in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-29
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Museum of City Sculpture
MUSEUM OF CITY SCULPTURE, State Museum of City Sculpture (STCS) (179/2 Nevsky Prospect) was organised in 1939 with the aim to keep records, provide protection and carry out restoration of major monuments
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Triscorni А. and Triscorni P., sculptors
TRISCORNI (Trescornia), a family of Italian masters of monumental sculpture. Agostino Triscorni (1761-1824, St. Petersburg) worked in St. Petersburg from the late 1790s (decorative sculptures for the Gatchina Palace, the Imperial Public Library
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