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# Monument to Catherine II @ Ploshchad Ostrovskogo

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# Monument to Catherine II @ Ploshchad Ostrovskogo

On the south side of the Nevsky Prospekt.

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## Why go

Its centerpiece is a famous monument to Catherine II, designed by the famous sculptor Michael Mikeshin. At the feet of the Empress shows nine sculptural portraits of nobles: generals Pyotr Rumyantsev, Grigory Potemkin, Alexander Suvorov, dignitaries Alexander Bezborodko, Ivan Betskoy, naval Basil Chichagov, Alexei Orlov and artists Gavriil Derzhavin and Yekaterina Dashkova. The monument is made of 600 blocks Serdobol granite, brought from the island of Valaam archipelago. The monument was dedicated in 1873.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg/Center)

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