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Lost building or monument · 30.04.1922

Peter the Great on Freedom Square

In 1910 Russia marked 200 years since taking Tallinn with a statue of Peter I. It stood on the old Hay Market, renamed Peter's Square, facing the old town. The tsar wore a guards' uniform and held a telescope and a map. The design competition was won by Robert Bach, but the emperor gave the work to Leopold Bernstamm, and the figure was cast in Paris. After independence the square became Freedom Square in 1922. A group of citizens tried to pull the statue down on the night of 23 February, but police stopped them. The state had it taken down at night, finally on 30 April 1922. In 1925 it was cut up and the lower part melted.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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1910. aastal tähistati Tallinna vallutamise 200. aastapäeva Peeter I ausambaga. See seisis vanal Heinaturul, mis nimetati Peetri platsiks, ja vaatas vanalinna poole. Keiser kandis kaardiväelase vormi ning hoidis käes pikksilma ja kaarti. Kavandikonkursi võitis Robert Bach, kuid keisri käsul sai tellimuse Leopold Bernstamm ja kuju valati Pariisis. Pärast iseseisvumist nimetati plats 1922. aastal Vabaduse platsiks. Rühm kodanikke üritas kuju 23. veebruari öösel omal käel maha võtta, kuid politsei nurjas selle. Riik laskis kuju öösiti eemaldada ja lõplikult võeti see maha 30. aprillil 1922. 1925. aastal lõigati see tükkideks ja alumine osa sulatati.

Map of the area around Peter the Great on Freedom Square
59.43405° N, 24.74415° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Peeter I ausammas Tallinnas ↗

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