Monument to Peter I (Kronstadt)

The Monument to Peter I in Kronstadt, solemnly unveiled on June 27, 1841, on the anniversary of the Battle of Poltava, greets those arriving from the sea right behind the pier. The creation of the sculpture was commissioned to the French sculptor Theodore Napoleon Jacques, and the granite pedestal is decorated at the corners with bronze ornaments. On the front side of the pedestal, an inscription "To Peter the First, Founder of Kronstadt, 1841" and a medallion with the year of the Battle of Poltava "1709" are executed in inlaid gilt letters. Initially, there was a Latin translation on the back side, but in 1860 it was replaced with a quote from the sovereign's decree of May 18, 1720: "To defend the Fleet and this place to the last strength and life as the most important matter."