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Memorial statue of Kuzma Minin and Prince
Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski, the leaders of the army that recaptured Moscow
and the Kremlin from the Polish invaders during the Time of Troubles. It is
located on the Lobnoye Mesto (the elevated place where the town crier would
inform the populace of the latest undertakings of the tsar, as for example Ivan
IV who actually listened to the pronouncements from a vantage point on the
kremlin's wall and gauged the crowd's reaction), erroneously known as the
former execution place due to a movie made about the Stenka Razin rebellion in
the 1920s. Originally it stood in the middle of the square and was later moved
just outside St Basil's cathedral. The monument was created by Martos and cast
in bronze by the Russian master, Yekimov. It was unveiled on 20 February, 1818
in the presence of the tsar's whole family. Alexander I commanded the honor
guard troops himself. Prince Pozharski is seated . Minin stands before him
pointing to the Kremlin with one hand and presenting a sword to Pozharski with
the other.
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