The secret of Alexander column (1994)

View of the Palace Square in St.

Petersburg with the Alexander Column in the middle (top).

The figure of an angel on top of a column, a view of the Winter Palace building.

View of the Alexander Column from the pedestal to the top, view of the Palace Square.

The figure of an angel with a cross on top of a column.

Double-headed eagles without crowns on the corner of the base of the pedestal.

Portrait of Emperor Nicholas I.

Portraits of Emperor Alexander I in different years.

An engraving depicting the funeral procession with the coffin of Alexander I.

Portrait of the elder Fyodor Kozmich.

Portraits of the Emperors Nicholas I and Alexander I.

Portrait of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich.

A painting depicting part of the main staircase of the Winter Palace.

An engraving depicting the death of Alexander I in Taganrog.

Portrait of the Empress Maria Feodorovna.

Portraits of Alexander I and Nicholas I (close-up).

Old books on the shelves of the cabinet, archival documents about the construction of the monument to Alexander I on the table.

Images of the monument.

Portrait of Alexander I in the gallery of portraits of heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812.

Design sketches of the Alexander Column, approved by Nicholas I.

The original design of the monument in the form of an ancient Egyptian obelisk with bas-reliefs, proposed by the architect Montferrand.

A variant of the top of the column in the form of an Orthodox cross (drawing).

View of the Alexander Column through the arch of the General Staff.

View of the arch with the Chariot of Glory.

Fragments of the sculptural composition of the chariot.

View of the Palace Square from the top of the arch.

Panorama of the Palace Square (top).

Interior of the cabinet of Nicholas I in the Winter Palace (color engraving).

Engravings and paintings depicting the events of the July Revolution of 1830 in France and the uprising of 1830 in Poland.

Graphic drawing of the figure of an angel with a cross in his hands on top of a column.

Photo of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris.

Paintings depicting the streets of Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw in the 19th century.

An engraving depicting one of the episodes of the Russian army's military operations against the Polish rebels.

Sculptural bas-reliefs on the pedestal of the column, the inscriptions "Vistula" and "Neman" on the bas-reliefs.

A double-headed eagle on the corner of the pedestal.

Panorama of one of the bas-reliefs.

Memorable dates of the battles of the war of 1812 on the shield of one of the sculptures.

Ancient weapons on bas-reliefs.

The text of the report addressed to Nicholas I on the suppression of the Polish uprising and the capture of Warsaw.

Medal "For the capture of Warsaw by assault", a copy of which was laid at the base of the column.

A painting depicting Nicholas I on horseback.

Paintings and color engravings depicting the stages of manufacturing and transporting the column to the installation site.

Image of the face of an angel with a portrait resemblance to Alexander I, portrait of Alexander I.

Images of an angel with a cross in his right and left hands.

Model of the figure of an angel, made by the sculptor Orlovsky, fragments of the model.

A page with comments dictated by Nicholas I concerning changes in the figure of an angel.

View of the Alexander column through the patterns of the metal lattice.

The figure of an angel on top of a pillar.

Views of the Alexander Column, a panorama of the Palace Square (top).

Portrait of the architect Auguste Montferrand.

Portrait of Nicholas I.

Alexander column on the Palace Square.

Bas-reliefs decorating the pedestal of the column.

Western bas-relief, symbolizing mercy and justice.

The lion's head on the bas-relief.

Bas-relief depicting the goddess of wisdom.

A shield with a crowned eagle at the feet of the goddess.

View of the central bas-relief, fragments of the bas-relief, symbolizing the inviolability of the borders of the empire.

The shield of Prince Oleg on a bas-relief, symbolizing Russian foreign policy in Europe and the Balkans.

View of the pedestal and column (from bottom to top).

Paintings and color engravings depicting episodes of the installation of the Alexander Column on Palace Square, an engineering structure for lifting the column.

Paintings depicting the Palace Square and the opening ceremony of the Alexander Column in 1834.

Portraits of Alexander I in different years.

The figure of an angel on top of the Alexander Column, views of the column and the Palace Square.

Panorama of the Palace Square with the Alexander Column in the middle (top).