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Millennium Monument (other)
Millennium Monument may refer to: *Millennium Monument (Russia) (1862) *Millennium Monument of Brest, Belarus *Millennium Monument (Budapest) (1904), the central feature in Budapest's Heroes' Square (Budapest), Heroes' Square *China Millennium Monument, Beijing (1999) *Kolonna Eterna, San Gwann (2003) *Millennium Monument (Chicago) (2002) *Millennium Monument (Malaysia) (2003) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millennium Monument (Russia)
The Millennium of Russia (russian: Тысячелетие России, Tysyacheletiye Rossii) is a bronze monument in the Novgorod Kremlin. It was erected in 1862 to celebrate the millennium of Rurik's arrival to Novgorod, an event traditionally taken as a starting point of the History of Russia, history of Russian statehood. History A competition to design the monument was held in 1859. An architect Viktor Hartmann and an artist Mikhail Mikeshin were declared the winners. Mikeshin's design called for a grandiose, 15-metre-high ''globus cruciger'' on a bell-shaped pedestal. It was to be encircled with several tiers of sculptures representing Russian monarchs, clerics, generals, and artists active during various periods of Russian history. Mikeshin himself was not sculptor, therefore the 129 individual statues for the monument were made by the leading Russian sculptors of the day, including his friend and the promising new sculptor, Alexander Opekushin. Rather unexpectedly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
