Stock Photo: Russian Chesma Oryol Column, Pushkin Tsarskoe Selo
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Russian Chesma Oryol Column is a monument in the Catherine Park of Tsarskoye Selo, erected in honor of the victory of the Russian fleet over the Turkish one in the Battle of Chesma on June 24-26 July 5-7, 1770, during the Russo—Turkish War of 1768-1774. It is a rostral column made of marble, with sculptural elements of bronze casting, mounted on a granite stylobate near the central island of the Big Pond of the Catherine Park. The monument in the classical style was built according to the project of the Italian architect Antonio Rinaldi in the 1770s, the sculptural elements were executed by I. G. Schwartz. The column suffered during the Great Patriotic War, was restored in the 1950s, 1990s and 2010s. The Chesma Column is one of a number of memorials dedicated to the victory in the Battle of Chesma, along with other monuments, buildings, palace interiors in the suburbs of St. Petersburg. The monument is also part of the group of memorial structures of the Catherine Park, which appeared here in the 1770s-1780s and are mainly associated with the Russian-Turkish war of 1768-1774. The monument is an object of cultural heritage of Russia of federal significance in the category of monuments of urban planning and architecture.
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