St. Nicholas Monuments in Russia

Because Saint Nicholas is the patron of all travelers 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, Boris Sergeyev, and Olga Pankratova. The sculptures 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, 2007 Golitsyno	Gregor Potocki, 2007 Ivanteevka, Moscow Region	Sergei Isakov, 2004 World's largest (10 m) Eastern border, Anadyr, Chukota
2008 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky	Sergei Isakov, 2006 Maikop / Maykop, Krasnodar Region	Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Klykov, 1998 Mozhaisk, Moscow Region
Sergei Isakov, 2006 Cathedral Square Achairskogo Cross Omsk, Siberia	Vyacheslav Klykov, 2008 Cathedral Square Perm	Raisa Lysenina, 2006 Inspired by statue given to Demre, Turkey, and since removed Solotcha, near Ryazan
Central Research Institute, 2007 Sergiev-Posad	Saint Nicholas Mamantov Hermitage, 2008 near Tambov	Sergei Isakov, 2007 Tanfilyev, Kuril Islands
Alexander Rukavishnikov, 2004 Central Square Togliatti / Tolyatti, Samara	Boris Sergeyev & Olga Pankratova, 2001 Volga-Verkhovsky St. Olginsk Monastery Tver, Headwaters of the Volga River	Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Klykov, 1998 Ugresh Monastery Dzerzhinsk
Sergei Isakov, 2003 City park Yeisk / Yeysk	Central Clinical Hospital, 2006 Moscow	Sergei Isakov, 2011 Kolyvan, Novosibirsk, Siberia
Seraphimovsky Cemetery, 2011 In memory of the Kursk crew St. Petersburg	2010 Kaliningrad	2007 Yeyksk, Krasnodar
2008 Belushya Guba, Novaya Zemlya archipelago	2008 Frontier post Nagurskoe, the most northern post archipelago Franz Josef Land	2008 Novorossiysk, Krasnodar
Fedor Konyukhov, 2018 St Nikolas Capehorner: patron saint of those who sail around Cape Horn Murmansk

Saint Nicholas statues have also been install in Salniy Island in the Arctic Ocean; in Shushary, St. Petersburg; in Samara by Alexander Kuklev; 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Moscow; Tikhoretsk, Krasnodar Territory.

Photos 1-17, from the comprehensive Russian Saint Nicholas website, www.nikola, by permission;
Photo 18: Novosibirsk Diocese, permission pending
Photo 19: St. Petersburg Submariners' Club, by permission;
Photos 20-24, from Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Charitable Foundation, the foundation installing most of these monuments, by permission.
Photo: 25, Fedor Konyukhov, by permission

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