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| The Millennium of Russia is a bronze monument in the Novgorod Kremlin. It was erected in 1862 to celebrate the millennium of Rurik`s arrival to Novgorod, an event traditionally taken as a starting point of the history of Russian statehood. Peter the Great with laurel wreath and scepter in the right hand is supported by an angel showing him the way to the north-west where the future city of Saint-Petersburg shall be founded. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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