Controversial Monument
Neighborhood: South of the City Centre
Nearest Train: Kropotkinskaya, Polyanka, Tret'yakovskaya
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The idea for this monument was conceived by Mayor Luzhkov and created with the help of city-sponsored artist Tsereteli. The monument has courted extensive controversy. For a start, Peter the Great's enthusiasm for his northern capital St. Petersburg was motivated at least in part by his hatred for Moscow. Putting aside historical politics though, others complain that the monument is just plain ugly. The monument itself is 165 feet high, featuring a strident Peter the Great standing atop a frigate in full sail and brandishing a golden scroll. It stands on the western tip of the elongated island formed between the Moskva river and the Vodootvodnyi canal.
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Catch a glimpse and a few others as well
Neat to see but even better are the other things you can see in the process. While in this section ...
Reviewed by:ShawnonH from on Oct 12 2005
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