Because Saint Nicholas is the patron of all travellers and, also, border guards, the Foundation of St. Nicholas the Wonder-Worker is installing St. Nicholas monuments at various places along Russia's frontiers for the project From Kaliningrad to Chukotka. Cities, towns, and other organizations have also installed Saint Nicholas sculptures.

The beautifully detailed bronze statues are the work of some of Russia's most noted sculptors, including Gregor Potocki, Sergei Isakov (10), Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Klykov, Alexander Rukavishnikov, Raisa Lysenina, and Boris Sergeyev and Olga Pankratova. The scuptures are up to 8 meters high, weighing up to 6 tons. Sometimes they are air-lifted to remote locations and lowered into position.

The Saint Nicholas monuments are intended to bring the saint's protection to safeguard the spiritual and geographical areas of the country from internal and external threats. In addition Saint Nicholas, especially in Russia, is an eternal symbol of Christian love, patience and service.

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Military Hospital, Golitsyno 2007 Used by permission	Gregor Potocki Ivanteevka, Moscow Region 2007 Used by permission	Sergei Isakov World's largest (10 meters) Eastern border, Anadyr, Chukota 2004 Used by permission
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 2008 Used by permission	Sergei Isakov Maikop, Krasnodar Region 2006 Used by permission	Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Klykov Mozhaisk, Moscow Region 1998 Used by permission
Sergei Isakov Cathedral Square Achairskogo Cross, Omsk, Siberia 2006 Used by permission	Vyacheslav Klykov Cathedral Square, Perm 2008 Used by permission	Gregor Potocki & Raisa Lysenina Ryazan Copy of statue given to Demre, Turkey 2006 Used by permission
Central Research Institute, Sergiev-Posad 2007 Used by permission	Sergei Isakov Mamontov Hermitage, near Tambov 2008 Used by permission	Sergei Isakov Tanfilyev, Kuril Islands 2007 Used by permission
Alexander Rukavishnikov Central Square, Togliatti / Tolyatti, Samara 2004 Used by permission	Boris Sergeyev & Olga Pankratova Volga-Verkhovsky St. Olginsk Monastery, Tver Headwaters of the Volga River 2001 Used by permission	Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Klykov Ugresh Monastery, Dzerzhinsk 1998 Used by permission
Sergei Isakov City park, Yeisk 2003 Used by permission	Central Clinical Hospital, Moscow 2006 Used by permission	Sergei Isakov Novosibirsk, Siberia 2011 Photo: Sayan Ring
Seraphimovsky Cemetery In memory of the Kursk crew St. Petersburg, 2011 Photo: Saint Petersburg Submariners' Club Used by permission	Kaliningrad 2010 Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Foundation Permission pending	Yeyksk, Krasnodar 2007 Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Foundation Permission pending
Belushya Guba, Novaya Zemlya archipelago 2008 Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Foundation Permission pending	Frontier post Nagurskoe, archipelago Franz Josef Land, the most northern post 2008 Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Foundation Permission pending	Polots, Belarus 2009 Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Foundation Permission pending
Minsk, Belarus 2010 Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Foundation Permission pending	Novorossiysk, Krasnodar 2008 Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Foundation Permission pending

With appreciation to the comprehensive Russian Saint Nicholas website, www.nikola. Used by permission.

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