Alley of the rulers of Russia
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Location | Moscow, Russia |
Built | 2017 |
Architect | Zurab Tsereteli |
Alley of the rulers of Russia is a sculptural composition located in Moscow, Russia. It consists of a set of identical stelae on which busts of all the rulers of Russia are installed, starting with Prince Rurik. The space where the busts are located is a small square, inside the territory at the address - Petroverigsky Lane, house 4, a square near the Turgenev - Botkin estate.
The opening of the alley took place on May 26, 2017. The ceremony was attended by Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky and Minister of Education Olga Vasilyeva. The busts of the Soviet leaders were opened on September 22, 2017, and the bust of the first President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin was opened on April 23, 2018.[1]
The sculptor who made all the busts is Zurab Tsereteli.
List of rulers represented on the alley[]
- Rurik
- Oleg the Seer
- Olga of Kiev
- Sviatoslav I
- Vladimir the Great
- Yaroslav the Wise
- Vladimir Monomakh
- Yuri the Long Hands
- Andrey the Pious
- Vsevolod the Big Nest
- Alexander Nevsky
- Ivan I Kalita
- Dmitry of the Don
- Vasily II the Dark
- Ivan III the Great
- Vasili III
- Ivan IV the Terrible
- Feodor I
- Boris Godunov
- Michael Romanov
- Alexis I
- Sophia Alekseyevna
- Peter I the Great
- Anna Ioannovna
- Elizabeth Petrovna
- Peter III
- Catherine II the Great
- Paul I
- Alexander I
- Nicholas I
- Alexander II
- Alexander III
- Nicholas II
- Georgy Lvov
- Alexander Kerensky
- Vladimir Lenin
- Joseph Stalin
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Yuri Andropov
- Konstantin Chernenko
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Boris Yeltsin
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References[]
- Monuments and memorials in Moscow
- Sculptures of men in Russia
- Outdoor sculptures in Russia
- Moscow