Copyright II. C. White Company, 1916 

 THE MONUMENT OF FAME : PETROGRAD 



In the square to the east of the Trinity Cathedral towers this cast-iron shaft surmounted 

 by a bronze figure of Victory. The monument was erected in 1S86 to commemorate the 

 events of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Five rows of captured Turkish cannon form 

 the flutes of the Corinthian column and ten captured guns decorate the base. The adjacent 

 cathedral occupies the site of the wooden chapel in which tradition says Peter the Great was 

 married on a November night in 1707 to Catherine, the future empress. 



