Mikhailovskaya Column description and photo - Russia - Volga Region: Izhevsk (Topic)

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The symbol of the highest state power in Izhevsk was the Mikhailovskaya Column, established on November 8, 1852. on the ancient, at that time still Alexander's Square, in honor of St. Michael the Archangel - the heavenly patron saint of gunsmiths and Prince Mikhail Romanov, who was responsible at that time for the country's military industry. The Petersburg analogue of the Alexander Column with the emperor's personal monogram was created by the Izhevsk architect I.T. Kokovikhin. Surrounded by lattices of metal spears and barrels of old cannons aimed at the ground, the column, which was a triumphant monument to the victory over Napoleon during the Civil War, was demolished.

Restored to celebrate the bicentennial of Izhevsk arms, by a group of architects and sculptors in November 2007 The Mikhailovskaya Column rose to its historical place. It took four types of granite to restore the pedestal of the twenty-meter column, and the sculpture of the Archangel and the state eagles was cast in bronze. Located between Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and the tower of the arms factory, a massive column with the fragile figure of an archangel fits perfectly into the architectural axis of the city and the square of the armourers.

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