State Historical and Cultural Reserve «The Field of the Great Poltava Battle»
Ukr Rus Eng
1709 2009
Monument to Peter I
Sampsonyyvska churchRussian warriors Bed of HonorThe second fortified camp of the Russian armyKhrestovozdvizhensky monasteryMonument of GloryMonument at the rest-place of Peter IChurch of the SaviourMonument to Poltava fortress commandant A. S. KelynRedoubts of the Russian armyMonument to Swedes from RussiansMonument to Swedes from their compatriotsThe Obelisk at place of crossing the Vorskla River by Russian troopsWhite RotundaChapel at place of country campMemorial Rotunda in honor of fallen participant of the Battle

Monument to Peter I

The monument to Peter I was erected in front of the museum building in 1950. It is a full height bronze statue of the tsar. Its pedestal is made of black labradorite. The sculpture was architected by A. Adamson, the pedestal — by D. Verotsky. The sculpture was created in 1915 — due to Poltava Petrovsky cadet corps graduates purse. The statue was ordered for decoration of the corps main hall, and it stayed there till the corps disembodiment in 1919.
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