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| Description | : | The statue to Minin and Pozharsky in Red Square. The butcher Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitriy Pozharsky are credited with rallying a fighting force to combat invading Poles, driving them out of the Kremlin in 1612. The statue was unveiled in 1818,
several years after Russia’s victory in the Napoleonic wars, and was originally placed in the middle of Red Square facing the Kremlin. During the Soviet era, it was moved to its current location at the southern end of Red Square, near St. Basil’s Cathedral. Original size 11x17@300@dpi |
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