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	Topics Monument to Minin and Pozharsky Topic Home Monument to Minin and Pozharsky is a bronze statue on Red SquareRed Square Red Square is the most famous city square in Moscow.... of MoscowMoscow Moscow is the capital of Russia and the country's principal political, economic, financial, educational, and transportation... right in front of Saint Basil's CathedralSaint Basil's Cathedral he Cathedral of Intercession of the Virgin on the Moat is a multi-tented church on the Red Square in Moscow traditionally p... . The statue commemorates prince Dmitry PozharskyDmitry Pozharsky Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky was a Rurikid prince who helped bring the Time of Troubles to an end and obtained from the tsa... and Kuzma MininKuzma Minin Kuzma Minich Minin was a merchant from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, who, together with Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, became a nationa... , who gathered the all-Russian volunteer army and expelled the Poles from the Moscow KremlinMoscow Kremlin The Moscow Kremlin is a historic fortified complex at the very heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River, Red Square and... , thus putting an end to the Time of TroublesTime of Troubles Summary The Time of Troubles was a period of Russian history comprising the years of interregnum between the death of the last of Mo... in 1612. The monument was conceived to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the events. The competition of projects was won by the celebrated sculptor Ivan MartosIvan Martos Ivan Petrovich Martos was a Russian-Ukrainian sculptor and art teacher who helped awaken Russian interest in Neoclassical s... in 1808. In the wake of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, the monument could not be unveiled until 1818. The construction was funded by public conscription in Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened as Nizhny and also transliterated into English as Nizhniy Novgorod or Niz... , the city whence Minin and Pozharsky came to save Moscow. The tsar Alexander IAlexander I of Russia Aleksander I Pavlovich , was Emperor of Russia from March 23, 1801–December 1, 1825 and King of Poland from 1815&nda... , however, opted for the monument to be located on Red SquareRed Square Red Square is the most famous city square in Moscow.... of MoscowMoscow Moscow is the capital of Russia and the country's principal political, economic, financial, educational, and transportation... rather than in Nizhny Novgorod. Originally, the statue stood in the centre of the square, with Pozharsky waving his hand towards Moscow KremlinMoscow Kremlin Summary The Moscow Kremlin is a historic fortified complex at the very heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River, Red Square and... . The Communist authorities, for whom the monument was obstructing military parades, discussed plans for its demolition or moving it to some indoor museum. In 1936, the statue was moved closer to the cathedral where it remains up to the present. On the first celebration of the Day of People's UnityPublic holidays in Russia Below is the list of official public holidays recognized by the Russian government.... a near exact copy of this monument by Zurab TsereteliZurab Tsereteli Zurab TsereteliTsereteli was appointed professor in the Russian Academy of Arts and president of the Foundation for the Chi... was erected in Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod Summary Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened as Nizhny and also transliterated into English as Nizhniy Novgorod or Niz... . The copy is only 5 cm shorter than the Moscow original.