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Suvorovskaya Square/Saint Petersburg, city
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A.V. Suvorov monument
A.V. SUVOROV MONUMENT, designed by sculptor M.I. Kozlovsky. The project was approved by Emperor Pavel I in January 1800, when the grand general was still alive
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Dvortsovaya Embankment
DVORTSOVAYA EMBANKMENT (Palace Embankment), called Verkhnaya Naberezhnaya Street or First Verkhnaya Embankment beginning in 1738; in the 1740s-90s, it was known as Millionnaya Embankment; from 1923 to 1944 it was called Devyatogo Yanvarya Embankment
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Field of Mars (Marsovo Pole), ensemble
FIELD OF MARS (in the 18th century Bolshoy Meadow, Poteshnoe Field, Tsaritsyn Meadow, in 1918 -40 – Zhertv Revolyutsii Square), the square in the centre of St. Petersburg. It was named so in honour of Mars, the Roman god of war
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Kozlovsky M.I., (1753-1802), sculptor
KOZLOVSKY Mikhail Ivanovich (1753 - 1802, St. Petersburg), sculptor, representative of Classicism. Studied at the Academy of Arts from 1764 until 1773 under N.F. Gillet and A.P. Losenko, and became a member in 1794
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Rumyantsevsky Obelisk
RUMYANTSEVSKY OBELISK was erected by the order of Emperor Pavel I to commemorate the victories of Field Marshal General, Count P.A. Rumyantsev-Zadunaysky (see the Rumyantsevs) in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-91
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Suvorov A.V.(1729-1800), military commander
SUVOROV Alexander Vasilyevich (1729-1800, St. Petersburg), military leader, Count of Rymnik (1789), Prince of Italy (1799), Generalissimo (1799). Received home education
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Troitsky Bridge
TROITSKY BRIDGE (Trinity Bridge; in 1918-34 Ravenstva Bridge, in 1934-99 Kirovsky Bridge), across the Bolshaya Neva River, connecting Suvorova Square with Troitskaya Square (hence, the name) and Kamennoostrovsky Avenue
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