Peter designed and created Saint Petersburg to be beautiful. As a Tzar, Peter brought reforms to Russia and Russian society. Near the Neva River this famous statue has been the subject of epic poems, novels and folklore. Highly symbolic, Peter is shown on astride, crushing a snake beneath the horse's hooves.
Peter the Great Statue
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By kkeps @ 2008-11-30 16:19:32
kjfitz
@ 2010-08-04 16:25:11
For the pedestal, an enormous boulder known as the Thunder Stone was found at Lakhta, 6 km (4 miles) inland from the Gulf of Finland in 1768.[6] The Thunder stone gained its name from a local legend that thunder split a piece off it. Falconet wanted to work on it in its original location, but Catherine ordered it be moved before being cut.