Moscow, Russian Federation
May 21, 2017

Standing at a height of 98 meters, Peter the Great Statue was erected in 1997 and is the eighth tallest statue in the world. It is located at the western confluence of the Moskva River and the Vodootvodny Canal in central Moscow.

Designed by Zurab Tsereteli in commemoration of the Russian Navy’s 300 years, it weighs around a thousand tons and contains 600 tons of stainless steel, bronze and copper.

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