Yelabuga – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Sat, 27 Feb 2021 15:57:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 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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]]> Durova, Nadezhda https://equestrianstatue.org/durova-nadezhda/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1290 Just behind the statue of Nadezhda Durova is the abandoned Troitskoe (Trinity) Cemetery. The cemetery served as the final resting place for many of Yelabuga’s merchant families including the Shishkins and the Stakheevs, but more famously the grave of Nadezhda Durova is also found here. Durova’s original grave was destroyed when the cemetery was closed … Continue reading "Durova, Nadezhda"

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