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Сообщение от Chernomashentsev Vladimir
In addition, Lenin in Rybinsk stands on the old pedestal, the remainder of the monument to the king. He climbed, so to speak, not in its place.
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And in Samara, he "got" not in his place.
At the same pedestal of the monument stood before the king "Liberator".
Monument to Alexander II in the center of the square was established in 1888, this monument (author - B. Sherwood), was the first monument in the city of Samara. Most of the amount needed for construction, gathered themselves residents of the city.
The figure of Tsar Alexander II stood on a pedestal of red Finnish granite. The pedestal is decorated with figures of hammered bronze: the peasant, Circassian, Bulgarian and Turkmen, folded veil. These figures embodied the most important events of the reign of Alexander II: the abolition of serfdom, the conquest of the Caucasus and Central Asia, the liberation of Bulgaria from the Turkish yoke.