THE WAR OF 1812
RUSSIA'S OTHER
"PATRIOTIC WAR" --
AGAINST NAPOLEON
THE NARVA TRIUMPHAL ARCH
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
The sixty-fifth anniversary of victory in the European
theater in World War II (the "Great Patriotic War")
has just been celebrated in Moscow.
The Narva Triumphal Arch (above) in St. Petersburg,
Russia, was erected to celebrate the Russian victory in
the "Patriotic War" of 1812 over the invading forces of Napoleon.
The original version of the arch was erected in time
to welcome the Russian troops returning from France
in the summer of 1814 (more information here).
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