![Empress Catherine the Great statue sent to Crimea](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F286%2F79%2F2867981_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_U2VyZ2V5IFB5YXRha292ICMyODY3OTgx_116%3A95_sputnik-2867981-preview_a9439576ab8420d1095bd0d4454338a1.jpg)
![Empress Catherine the Great statue sent to Crimea](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F286%2F79%2F2867981_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_U2VyZ2V5IFB5YXRha292ICMyODY3OTgx_116%3A95_sputnik-2867981-preview_a9439576ab8420d1095bd0d4454338a1.jpg)
The monument to Catherine II at the Lit Art sculpture factory in Zhukovsky near Moscow before being sent to Crimea. The sculptural and architectural composition "Catherine II," which includes bronze figures of Empress Catherine II and princes Grigory Potemkin-Tavrichesky and Vasily Dolgorukov-Krymsky, has been reconstrcucted based on surviving descriptions and photographs, will be placed at its original site in Simferopol's Central Park. The original monument was unveiled in 1890 to mark the 100th anniversary of Crimea's joining the Russian Empire. It was dismantled in May 1921.
- Categories: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Zhukovsky, Moscow region, Russia
- Event date: 10.06.2016
- Date published: 10.06.2016
- Author: Sergey Pyatakov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4289x3162px, 7.9Mb