Chesma Obelisk

The Chesme Obelisk in the Palace Park of Gatchina is one of the earliest architectural structures of this territory and was built during the time when the estate was owned by Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov. The ten-meter monument serves as a family memorial of the Orlov family and is dedicated to the Chesme victory of 1770, won by the fleet under the command of Count Alexei Orlov, the brother of the owner of Gatchina. The monument is clearly visible from the Great Gatchina Palace, as well as from Long Island, from the Eagle Pavilion, and from the paths along the western shore of White Lake. It has been placed under protection by a decree of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR in August 1960.