Statue of Dmitriy Donskoi

National hero of Russia

My wife and I passed that equestrian statue by in early March when we visited Kolomna for leisure. It is located next to the Kolomenka River bridge, beside one of the Kolomna Kremlin walls. A quite im...

Russian saint and national hero

I saw it in January, was just passing by. It was a sunny and frosty weekday but there were not so many people around. The monument stands on a small hill in front of what's left of Kolomna Kremlin wa...

Both the monument itself and the reproduction of its smallest details are impressive.

The monument to Dmitry Donskoy was erected in 2007 at the entrance to the Kolomna Kremlin. It is the first statue of a prince on horseback in Russia. The height of the bronze statue is 5.5 meters,...

In the right place

Pretty standard monument. How else can you portray the Prince, famous for feats of arms? Of course, on horseback, with full regalia. What's his face supposed to express? Of course, the determination t...

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The beautiful monument to Dmitry Donsky stands on the elevation in front of the surviving (and restored) section of the Kremlin wall.