PETER THE GREAT
June 9, 1672-February 8, 1725
"THE BRONZE HORSEMAN"
Monument to Peter the Great
by E.M. Falconet
The subject of Pushkin's poem "The Bronze Horseman":
"Behold the Image sit, and ride
Upon his brazen horse astride!"
Of the city of St. Petersburg, Russia, the poet writes:
"I love thee, city of Peter's making;
I love thy harmonies austere...."
(from the English translation here;
the original Russian can be found here).
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