Monuments, Saint Petersburg

Considered one of the founders of Russian science, Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-65) was a true Renaissance man ~ passionate about education, he helped found the Moscow State University in 1755; he wrote a grammatical revision; he published the first history of Russia; he wrote poetry; and, finally, he "dabbled" in mosaics (learning the art himself and building a factory).

This monument is found on the University grounds (Lomonosov taught at the Academy of Sciences). There is also an interesting statue at the other end of the park row, although I'm not sure who/what it is, this one less traditional in design.

Krylov's fables featured animals, so the base of his monument is carved with scenes from his stories.

The carvings are not at all child-like and charming though, several bare teeth and claws. . .and there are even a couple of menacing scenes of violence.

Another notable feature of the Summer Gardens is this statue of Ivan Krylov ~ the "Russian Aesop." The statue was built in 1855 to honour the country's most famous and most beloved author of fables.

The gardens have long been the setting and inspiration for artists ~ Pushkin and Akhamatova have mentioned it in their poetry and Krylov apparently met other artists here for debates.

leningrad was besieged 30 months during 40-45 war and 1000000 inhabitants died,most of them of starvation and cold.
600000 of them are buried here...

you have to take bus 123 in ploshchad muzhestva subway station

tikhvinskoie kladbichtche,on alexandre nevski square,at the top end of nevsky prospekt.
subway:plochtchad aleksandra-nevskovo
you find there monuments and graves of musicians as:glinka,moussorgski,borodine,rimski-korsakov,balakirev ,glazounov,rubinstein and tchaikovski.
also the novelist dostoievski

The cemetry fills de heart with sadness...

Another interesting grave stone

This is the grave of Tchaikvovsky