The Alexander Column – the compositional centre of the Palace Square

Saint-Petersburg, is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city's other names were Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924) and Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924– 1991). It is often called just Petersburg and is informally known as Piter. The city got its name from its founder Tsar Peter I on 27 May, 1703. Peter was the junior son of tsar Alexsey, was born on 9 June 1672.

Introduction 3
1. Alexander Column: a key monument of the Square Palace 5
1.1 The concept of the monument 9
1.2 The Column’s erection 13
2. Alexander Column in centuries 16
2.1 The ceremonial opening of the monument 19
2.2 Legends of Triumphal Column 22
Conclusion 25
Bibliography 28