The Bronze Horseman, a monument to the founder of St Petersburg, Peter the Great,stands facing the Neva River. The monument was built by order of the Empress Catherine the Great as a tribute to her famous predecessor on the Russian throne, Peter the Great. The inscription reads: Petro Primo Catarina Secunda - To Peter the First from Catherine the Second. According to legend, enemy forces will never take St. Petersburg while the "Bronze Horseman" stands.

February 21, 2004