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List of equestrian statues in Russia
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November 08, 2025
Contents
Moscow
Alagir
Baltiysk
Belgorod
Biysk
Cheboksary
Chernyakhovsk
Dmitrov
Elista
Oryol
Kaliningrad
Kolomna
Krasnodar
Kushchyovskaya
Makhachkala
Novocherkassk
Pskov
Pugachyov
Rostov-on-Don
Ryazan
Saint Petersburg
Salavat
Samara
Tolyatti
Tver
Ulan-Ude
Ufa
Veshenskaya
Vladimir
Yekaterinburg
Yelabuga
Yoshkar-Ola
See also:
List of equestrian statues by country
This is a list of
equestrian statues
in Russia.
Moscow
Monument to General
Mikhail Skobelev
in the
Tverskaya Street
,
Moscow
, by Peter Samonov, erected in 1912, unmount in 1918.
Equestrian statue of Prince
Yury Dolgoruky
in the
Tverskaya Street
, by Sergey Orlov, 1954. A celebrated example of
Socialist Realism
equestrian sculpture.
Equestrian statue of
Field Marshal Kutuzov
in the
Kutuzovsky Prospekt
, Moscow, by Nikolay Tomsky, 1973.
Equestrian statue of Marshal
Georgy Zhukov
at the
Manege Square
, Moscow, by
Vyacheslav Klykov
, 1995.
Equestrian statue of
Pyotr Bagration
in the
Kutuzovsky Prospekt
by Merab Merabishvili, 1999.
Saint George
defeats the
Dragon
on
Poklonnaya Gora
, Moscow, by
Zurab Tsereteli
, 1990s.
Saint George
defeats the Dragon on the top of glass cupola at the
Manege Square
, Moscow, by Zurab Tsereteli, 1995.
Mikhail Skobelev
Alagir
Equestrian statue of
Saint George
in
North Ossetia
, near the highway from
Alagir
.
Baltiysk
Equestrian statue of Empress
Elizabeth of Russia
by
Georgy Frangulian
, 2003.
Photo
Belgorod
Equestrian statue of
Sviatoslav I
in the village of Kholki, close to Belgorod, by
Vyacheslav Klykov
, 2005.
Biysk
Equestrian statue of
Peter the Great
.
Cheboksary
Monument to
Vasily Chapayev
by Pavel Balandin, 1960.
Chernyakhovsk
Monument to
Barclay de Tolly
.
Dmitrov
Monument to the Saints
Boris and Gleb
by Alexander Rukovishnikov, 2006.
Elista
Equestrian statue of
Jangar
close to the belt route.
Photo
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Oryol
Equestrian statue of Ivan the Terrible
[
ru
]
at the embankment of the
Oka River
by Oleg Molchanov, erected on 1 October 2016. The inauguration ceremony was held on October 14, 2016.
Photo
Kaliningrad
Еquestrian monument to
Frederick William III
by
August Kiss
, erected in 1851 in
Königsberg
, unmount in 1950.
Photo
Kolomna
Еquestrian monument
Dmitry Donskoy
in front of the
Kolomna Kremlin
wall
Krasnodar
Еquestrian monument to
Kuban Cossacks
by Alexander Apollonov, erected in 2005.
Kushchyovskaya
Еquestrian monument to the
4th Guards Cavalry Cossack Corps
, erected in 1967.
Makhachkala
Еquestrian monument to Magomed-Ali Dakhadayev (Makhach) in front of railway station by
Khaz-Bulat Askar-Sarydzha
, 1971
Photo
Еquestrian monument to the Defenders of Motherland in Stepnoy settlement by Sherif Shakhmardanov, 2006
Photo
Novocherkassk
Monument to
Matvei Platov
by Anatoly Sknarin, 2003.
Photo
Pskov
Monument to
Saint Alexander Nevsky
and Russian
druzhinniks
("
Battle of the Ice
") on top of the Sokolikha mountain by Ivan Kozlovsky, 1993.
Pugachyov
Equestrian of
Vasily Chapayev
.
Photo
Rostov-on-Don
Monument to
Semyon Budyonny
by
Yevgeny Vuchetich
, 1972.
Monument to
Semyon Budyonny
in
Rostov-on-Don
Ryazan
Monument to
Evpaty Kolovrat
.
Monument to
Saint George
.
Saint Petersburg
The
Bronze Horseman
, as this awesome statue of
Peter the Great
on the
Senate Square
of
Saint Petersburg
is generally known, is the main work of
Etienne Maurice Falconet
, 1782.
The
Monument of Peter the Great
in front of
St. Michael's Castle
. The sculpture by Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli, erected in 1800.
The Monument to
Peter the Great
in front of Constantine Palace in
Strelna
. The replica of equestrian monument of
Peter the Great
, at Brīvības gatves in
Riga
, 2003.
Photo
Bronze
equestrian of Nicholas I
in front of
St Isaac's Cathedral
. It is the first oldest in the world with only the two back legs of the horse have a connection with the
pedestal
. The monument figures prominently in several works of fiction, including
Andrei Bely
's modernist novel
Petersburg
. The sculptor was
Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg
, and it was erected in 1859.
Impressionist
bronze
equestrian of
Alexander III of Russia
by
Paolo Troubetzkoy
, formerly at
Uprising Square
(1909–1937), now in the courtyard of the
Marble Palace
(since 1994).
Modern equestrian statues of
Saint Alexander Nevsky
in front of
Alexander Nevsky Lavra
, by Valentin Kozenuyk, 2002.
Equestrian of
Vasily Chapayev
in front of
Semyon Budyonny
Military Communications University. The replica of monument in
Samara
, 1968.
Equestrian of
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich
at Manege Square by
Pietro Canonica
. Was erected in 1914, destroyed in 1918.
Photo
The
Bronze Horseman
Monument of
Peter the Great
in front of
St. Michael's Castle
Equestrian of
Nicholas I
Salavat
Monument to
Salawat Yulayev
, sculptor Andrey Semchenko, 1988.
Photo
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Samara
Equestrian of
Vasily Chapayev
by
Matvey Manizer
, 1932.
Tolyatti
Monument to Vasili Tatishchev
on the
Kuybyshev Reservoir
bank by Alexander Rukovishnikov, 1998.
Tver
Equestrian of
Prince Michael of Tver
at the Sovietskaya Square by Andrey Kovalchuk, 2008.
Ulan-Ude
Equestrian statue of
Gesar
by
Alexander Mironov
in the Victory avenue, 2006.
Ufa
Monument to
Salawat Yulayev
on the
Belaya River
bank, sculptor Soslanbek Tavasiyev, 1967.
Photo
Veshenskaya
Equestrian statue of
Grigory Melekhov
(hero of the
And Quiet Flows the Don
epic), close to Kruzhilinsky
khutor
.
Equestrian statue of Grigory Melekhov and Aksinia Astakhova
(heroes of the
And Quiet Flows the Don
epic), at the bank of
Don
.
Vladimir
Monument to
Grand Prince Vladimir
and
Saint Theodore I of Rostov
by Sergey Isakov, 28.07.2007.
Yekaterinburg
Equestrian statue of Marshal
Georgy Zhukov
by Konstantin Grunberg, 1995.
Photo
Yelabuga
Equestrian statue of
Nadezhda Durova
by Fyodor Lyakh, 1993.
Monument to
Grand Prince Vladimir
and
Saint Theodore I of Rostov
in
Vladimir
Yoshkar-Ola
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(
December 2008
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