Russia – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Fri, 05 Mar 2021 10:45:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Ivan the Terrible https://equestrianstatue.org/ivan-the-terrible/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:03:07 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=30642 The Russian city of Oryol inaugurated the country’s first ever monument to Ivan the Terrible, a 16th-century tyrant whose rehabilitation has been lobbied for by officials despite protests from historians and locals. Tsar Ivan IV ruled Russia from 1547 to 1584 and earned the moniker “Terrible” due to his brutal policy of oprichnina, which included the … Continue reading "Ivan the Terrible"

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]]> Donskoy, Dmitry https://equestrianstatue.org/donskoy-dmitry-2/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:45:03 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=30618 The equestrian statue of Dmitry Donskoy appeared in Moscow only in 2014 while the foundation stone on the site of the future monument had been here already since 2003. Work on the creation of the monument was suspended for several years due to the death of the sculptor. Photographer unknown

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]]> Zasekin, Grigory https://equestrianstatue.org/zasekin-grigory-2/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:36:24 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=30613 Photographer unknown

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]]> Zasekin, Grigory https://equestrianstatue.org/zasekin-grigory/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:42:37 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=30596 Photographer unknown

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]]> Rokossovsky, Konstantin https://equestrianstatue.org/rokossovsky-konstantin-3/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:29:04 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=30591 Photographer unknown

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]]> Rokossovsky, Konstantin https://equestrianstatue.org/rokossovsky-konstantin-2/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:23:35 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=30584 Photographers unknown

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]]> Rokossovsky, Konstantin https://equestrianstatue.org/rokossovsky-konstantin/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:15:19 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=30576 Photographers unknown

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]]> Manas Aykol https://equestrianstatue.org/manas/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:02:06 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=21860 The statue was a gift from the Republic of Kyrgyzstan to the Russian people

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]]> Ibrahim I ben Muhammad https://equestrianstatue.org/ibrahin-ben-muhammad/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:24:30 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=21846 Yelabuga is one of the oldest cities in Tatarstan and it celebrated its millennium in 2007, although the city’s official adoption of 1007 as the year of foundation is debated among some historians. Supporters of the 1007 theory suggest that Yelabuga was founded by Emir Ibrahim I ben Muhammad of the Volga Bulgars – a … Continue reading "Ibrahim I ben Muhammad"

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]]> Horse Tamers https://equestrianstatue.org/horse-tamers-2/ Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:39:54 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=15060 Strictly speaking these sculptures are not equestrians, as the men taming the horses are not riding them, but they should be mentioned, as they are unique and outstanding examples of sculptured combinations of man and horse.

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