Alexander Column (Rostov-on-Don)

Alexander Column

Александровская колонна
Location	Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia
Material	granite
Height	11 m
Opening date	1894
Dedicated to	Alexander II

The Alexander Column (‹See Tfd›Russian: Александровская колонна) is a monument erected 1894 in Nakhichevan-on-Don (now a part of Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia) in Alexandrovsky Park (now Vitya Cherevichkin Park).

The column was inaugurated on 18 September 1894 to celebrate the 25 years reign of emperor Alexander II of Russia. On the occasion the park in which the column stands was also renamed after the sovereign.

The column consists of a granite monolith upon which sits a double-headed eagle perched on a globe. On the pedestal two commemorative plaques read: "In memory of 25 glorious year of reign of Emperor Alexander II" and "the Armenian community of Nakhichevan-on-Don 25·IX·1894".

After the Russian Revolution, the column was the only tsarist monument not to be torn down by the new authorities. They only removed the crowning double-headed eagle and the commemorative plaques on the pedestal. In 1994, the column was returned to its original state.

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  Alexander column in 1907.
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  Imperial eagle.
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  Pedestal decoration.
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  General view.