Monument au prince Vladimir

Beautiful monument

The monument is located right in the center of Russian capital directly opposite the Kremlin and Borovitskaya metro station. A very beautiful place and the monument itself. A disproportionately low mo...

Size does not matter!

I live in Moscow and remember Soviet times very well so this bronze giant resembles to me communist behemoths from my youth. Last time I visited it was during January New Year festivities. No, I don't...

Baptizer of the Rus' people

On Borovitskaya Square, just south of the Kremlin walls and with the large neoclassical Pashkov House nearby, is the tall bronze statue of St.Vladimir, the Grand Prince of Kiev, who in 988 ordered the...

Impressive monument

The monument is relatively new (from November 2016), about 24 meters tall. Vladimir the Great, who is recognised as having Christianised the Slavic cultures and revered as a saint by the Russian Ortho...

Excellent monument

Excellent monument to Vladimir the Great. Make it as your stop on the walk from Kremlin to Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.