The Russian Monument /Ruski Pametnik/
The Russian Monument is an obelisk rising in Sofia’s city centre on Macedonia Square near the tallest building in Sofia, Rodina Hotel. Russian Monument was the first monument built in Bulgaria’s capital city after the Bulgaria’s Liberation from the centuries of Ottoman captivity. The Russian monument was unveiled in 1882.
It bears a written dedication to the Russian Tsar Alexander II and the Russian warriors who gave their lives in the war for Bulgaria’s Liberation.
The monument is an obelisk: a rectangular pyramid and a three-level pedestal. The 10-meter high pyramid of the white sandstone is truncated at the top. Unfortunately, the sculptor of this imposing monument is unknown, , but it is supposed to be either the architect Vokar, who designed such monuments in Dobrich, Pleven ,Razgrad, Veliko Tarnovo, Svishtov, or Vladimir Sherwood, who worked in Pleven. The eastern side of the memorial features a marble relief of the coat of arms of Russia and the Order of St. George, and a text commemorating Alexander II in pre-reform Russian. The western side features another inscribed plate.
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