Pioneering Builders of Petersburg, Monument to the

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PIONEERING BUILDERS OF PETERSBURG, MONUMENT TO THE, unveiled on 16 October 1995 in the park on Lesnoy Avenue, next to St. Sampson Cathedral where the first city cemetreies, the Orthodox one and the German one used to be located. The monument is dedicated to the architects, builders and citizens of St. Petersburg reposing "at St. Sampson’s”. The granite arch with bronze reliefs symbolizes the "window to Europe" made by Peter the Great, by which St. Petersburg brings together Russia and Europe (architect V.B. Bukhaev, artist M.M. Shemyakin). The monument is five metres high.

References: Пирютко Ю. М. Между Ленинградом и Петербургом: Памятники на исходе столетия (1986-1999) // Невский архив: Ист.-краевед. сб. СПб., 1999. [Вып.] 4. С. 464-479.

Y. M. Piryutko. Bukhaev Vyacheslav Borisovich
Shemyakin Mikhail Mikhailovich
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Пирютко Ю. М. Между Ленинградом и Петербургом: Памятники на исходе столетия (1986-1999) // Невский архив: Ист.-краевед. сб. СПб., 1999 1995