Start of construction of the Trans-Siberian RailwayIt was laid by Emperor Alexander III. With the reign of this representative of the house of the Romanovs, the length and number of railways in the country doubled. The descendants erected several monuments to the tsar in gratitude for the development of the roads, and with them the entire economy, but these gestures happened before the revolution. In 2012, it was decided to resume historical justice, and the first to do it was Novosibirsk. The monument to Alexander III was put on the place of honor where city dwellers can visit it, and the autocrat proudly looks around the city.
Pride of Siberia
The beginning of Novosibirsk was laid in the plansconstruction of the Great Siberian Railway in 1893. The place for the city was chosen bank of the Ob River in the area of the village Krivoshchekino. In this place it was necessary to build a bridge for the free movement of trains traveling from the center of the country to the Far East. The case was quickly settled, and not only the bridge was mounted, but the workers' settlement Novonikolaevsk also grew up.
Завершение строительства моста послужило толчком to the development of the village. By 1897, a pier, a railway station, a sawmill were built on the banks of the Ob, and the city became a transit point, a large trading center of rich Siberia. After the devastating fire, from 1909 to 1912, only stone buildings were erected in the city, and taking into account all the benefits of civilization, they equipped it with steam heating and sewage.
Revolutionary events in the country are not sparedNovonikolayevsk, destinies began to be decided from here, and therefore from 1925 the city received a new name, not associated with the royal family, Novosibirsk. A monument to Alexander III appeared here by chance. Much time has passed since the decree on the construction of the road, the Soviet power has already ended, and the road that connected the country together continues to function.
The capital of Siberia is Novosibirsk
Monument to Alexander III was a giftrailway workers in honor of the City Day. The author of the project is the sculptor Shcherbakov Salavat Aleksandrovich. The initiator of the installation of the monument and the sponsor of its implementation was the Russian Railways. The discovery took place on the eve of the City Day, at midnight. The event was accompanied by the winning overture by the composer P. I. Tchaikovsky "1812" and cannon volleys. At the ceremony was invited to one of the descendants of the king - his great-grandson Pavel Kulikovsky.
Location:
The final destination of the Trans-Siberian Railway wasNovosibirsk The monument to Alexander III was erected in the most popular city park - “Urban Start”, which is located on the picturesque embankment of the Ob River. By location, the monument is facing the front of the city, behind it is a farm of the old bridge that once connected the banks of the river.
Monument to Alexander III (Novosibirsk) hasfive meters high, made by bronze casting. The granite pedestal on which it is installed has a height of eight meters. On its title part, the rescript of Alexander III is depicted to his successor, Nicholas II, where he wrote a decree instructing him to proceed with the construction of a railway line through all of Siberia. Above the memorable inscription on the dedication of the monument to the sovereign, on a pedestal, depicts the emblem of Russia.
Other monuments
Monument to Emperor Alexander III in Novosibirskthe third of those established in honor of the development of railway communication in Russia The first appeared in Irkutsk. The monument was designed in 1902, and the opening took place in 1908. The figure of the king was cast in bronze in the image of the Ataman of the Siberian Cossacks.
Another monument to Alexander III, in signof appreciation for the start of the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, was erected in 1909 in St. Petersburg on the initiative of the royal family. In 1937, the monument was dismantled and given to the preservation in the Russian Museum. For general access, it was again opened in 1994 in front of the entrance to the Marble Palace (formerly the Museum of V. I. Lenin).
Controversial issue
Disputes about who did more for developmentSiberian railways do not subside. Many believe that the great merit in this field belongs to Nicholas II, because it was in his lifetime that Novosibirsk was formed. The monument to Alexander III appeared among the existing sculptures of the tsar-innovator, continuing the tradition of honoring the emperor, who started the laying of railroad tracks not only in the European part of the country.
Today is the last point whereinstalled a monument to the emperor, became Novosibirsk. The monument to Alexander III, whose photo spread through all the local and national media, may be the beginning of the next wave of gratitude to all the "guardians of the Russian land."
