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| A monument to Nicholas I unveiled in Nizhny Novgorod |
| 2023-12-04 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The opening ceremony of the monument to Russian Emperor Nicholas I took place in the Alexander Garden on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod Escarpment in Nizhny Novgorod, TASS reported on December 3. “Today, great great justice is being restored. It seems to me that especially for Nizhny Novgorod residents, the name of Emperor Nicholas I was in some shadow of our other rulers, and this is absolutely undeserved,” said the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Gleb Nikitin, at the opening of the monument . He called the monument a tribute to the head of state who influenced the development of the city. The head of the region said that Nizhny Novgorod became a beautiful city thanks to Nicholas I. The head of the Elisabeth-Sergius Educational Society Foundation, Anna Gromova, spoke at the ceremony about the role of the emperor in charity. She said that the sovereign taught this to his children, and also introduced rules for them to travel around the country. The height of the monument and pedestal was 4.5 m. The Emperor faces the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin. He holds a compass and a map in his hands. Nicholas I visited Nizhny Novgorod in 1834. On his instructions, the city carried out work to improve the appearance of the streets. As Regnum reported, on November 29, in Rostov-on-Don, a bust of the White Army military leader, Baron Peter Wrangel , was dismantled, which was erected on November 7 on the territory of the cadet school “Second Don Emperor Nicholas II Cadet Corps.” The regional authorities made this decision after numerous protests that began after the installation of the monument. |
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