“All Russia remembers…” Monuments in St Petersburg dedicated to the Patriotic War of 1812.
from 29 November 2012 to 17 April 2013
The exhibition dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 is devoted to the problem of preserving the memory about one of the most significant events in Russian history over the past two centuries. The exhibited items are the projects and models of architectural and sculptural monuments, medals and banners, documents, photographs, coins, posters, greeting cards and household items.
Peter and Paul Fortress, Neva curtain wall
The exhibition dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 is devoted to the problem of preserving the memory about one of the most significant events in Russian history over the past two centuries. The exhibited items are the projects and models of architectural and sculptural monuments, medals and banners, documents, photographs, coins, posters, greeting cards and household items.
The victory of Russia over Napoleonic France in the Patriotic War of 1812 is one of the most dramatic events of Russian military history, which became the subject of many works of art. A number architectural and sculptural monuments was created in St. Petersburg to commemorate the glorious victories of the Russian army: the Kazan Cathedral and the Alexander Column, Narva Triumphal Gate and the Arch of the General Staff, the monuments to Mikhail Kutuzov and Michael Barclay de Tolly, etc.
Paintings, drawings, works of decorative art of the XIX-XX centuries depict these famous monuments in different historical periods.
The exhibition also reminds about the unknown or lost monuments of the War of 1812 in St. Petersburg. Among them are such as the monument to Leonty Korennoy – a soldier of the Life Guards of Finnish regiment, hero of the battle of Borodino and the “Battle of Nations” at Leipzig . The monument was raised in the early XX century in the building of the Officers' Assembly on Vasilievsky Island, later it was transferred to the courtyard of the Suvorov Museum where today only its pedestal can be seen.
The exposition also shows contemporary monuments dedicated to the War of 1812 in our city.
The exhibition is complemented with books and posters on the theme of the Patriotic War of 1812; a series of souvenirs issued to the 100th anniversary of the victory over Napoleon and photos of celebrations on the occasion of this anniversary, which took place in St. Petersburg in 1912.
A guide-book “Monuments dedicated to the Patriotic War of 1812 in St Petersburg” was published for the exhibition.
