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Column and Obelisk in the background

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There are two versions of the painting commons:Category:Catherine II during a walk in the Tsarskosyelsky Park (Borovikovsky), one with a column and the other with an obelisk. However there is no explanation here, as to why? Presumably the obelisk was an earlier design for the column. However the painting was completed after the column was erected? --BeckenhamBear (talk) 14:48, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Chesme Column

The Chesme Column is a victory column in the Catherine Park at the Catherine Palace, a former Russian royal residence in Tsarskoye Selo, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. It was erected to commemorate three Russian naval victories in the 1768–1774 Russo-Turkish War, including the Battle of Chesma in 1770. The column is made from three pieces of white-and-pink marble; decorated with the rostra of three ships' bows, and crowned by a triumphal bronze statue depicting a Russian eagle trampling a crescent moon, the symbol of Turkey. Bronze plaques on three sides of the pedestal depict scenes from the battles, and the campaign is described on the plaque on the fourth side.

Photograph credit: Andrew Shiva

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