Alexander II (statue in Helsinki)
Alexander II is a monumental statue located at the Senate Square in central Helsinki, Finland. The main figure in the statue depicts the Grand Duke of Finland Alexander II giving a speech at the 1863 Diet of Finland that he had assembled, wearing the uniform of an officer of the Finnish Guards' Rifle Battalion. The statue also includes four allegorical sculptures, representing four different virtues - Law (Latin: Lex), Work (Labor), Peace (Pax) and Light (Lux). Ordered by the Estates and designed by Johannes Takanen and Walter Runeberg, the monument was revealed in April 1894. The revelation was a great patriotic demonstration to the memory of emperor Alexander II, who the Finns saw as a noble ruler who had sought to limit the autocracy of the emperor.During the Russification of Finland started in 1899 by Nicholas II of Russia - the grandson of Alexander II - the statue became established as the site of anti-Russian demonstrations, remembering Alexander II who had become popularised as the "liberator emperor". There are currently only two monuments to Alexander II outside Russia on public spaces. The other one is the Monument to the Tsar Liberator in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The sculpture by Mark Antokolsky is on the courtyard of the Russian art museum in Kyiv, Ukraine. There is a monumental column designed by N.I. Barinov and A.K. Brun in the Alexander Park in Odessa.
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Hallituskatu, Helsinki Kruununhaka (Southern major district)
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N 60.169494444444 ° | E 24.952222222222 ° |
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Aleksanteri II
Hallituskatu
00170 Helsinki, Kruununhaka (Southern major district)
Finland
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