Charles Gascoigne Monument

A monument to Charles Gascoigne is installed on Mariinsky Boulevard along Karl Marx Avenue in Petrozavodsk and was unveiled on September 24, 2021. The bronze figure of the head of the Olonets Mining Plants was created by sculptor Vitaly Shanov, while the cast iron pedestal and side grilles with reliefs were manufactured by the Petrozavodskmash plant. Under the leadership of Gascoigne, who arrived in the city in 1786, the Alexandrovsky Cannon-Casting Plant was modernized by 1788 using equipment and specialists invited from Great Britain. The entire sculptural composition was also created by Vitaly Shanov and Daria Uspenskaya.