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English: This monument to the Russian military victory in the war with Napoleon's France. Named after Emperor Alexander I, who ruled Russia between 1801 and 1825. It is 155 ft. 8 in. tall and is topped with a statue of an angel holding a cross (the face of the angel is said to be of Emperor Alexander I). The body of the column is made of a single monolith of red granite, which stands 83 ft. 6 in. high and about 11 ft. 5 in. in diameter. It is a terrific feat of engineering that this enormous column, weighing an incredible 1,322,760 pounds (600 tons), was erected in under 2 hours without the aid of modern cranes and engineering machines. It is not attached at the base but is just free standing.
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Dennis G. Jarvis    wikidata:Q122977591
 
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Camera location59° 57′ 47.74″ N, 30° 16′ 41.95″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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