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The Romanovs and the Bronze Horseman: Peter the Great's Monumental Legacy
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the story behind one of Russia's most iconic symbols: the Bronze Horseman, the equestrian statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg. They discuss how Catherine the Great commissioned the statue to legitimize her reign, the controversial sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet, the massive thunder stone transported from Finland, and the political symbolism embedded in the monument. The episode also touches on Pushkin's famous poem 'The Bronze Horseman,' which transformed the statue into a mythic figure of imperial power and tragedy…
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