Statue of Catherine the Great in Pl Ostrovskogo (park) on Nevsky Prospekt (St Petersburg's main avenue). The statue was unveiled in 1873. AT the base of the statue, Catherine the Great is surrounded by smaller statues of the most prominent people of her reign; politicians and poets, military men and courtiers.
Close-up photo of the smaller statues at the base of the Catherine the Great statue.
Statue of Alexander III outside the main entrance to the Marble Palace. The statue is by sculpture Paolo Trubetskoy, who famously quipped that is 'simply depicted one animal on another'.
