Kagul Obelisk
The Kagul Obelisk (Russian: Кагульский обелиск) in Tsarskoye Selo is a commemorative obelisk.[1] It is one of several such structures erected on behest of Catherine II of Russia in 1772 to commemorate Pyotr Rumyantsev's victory in the Battle of Kagul. Designed by Antonio Rinaldi, the dark grey-and-red marble obelisk stands in the landscape park of the Catherine Palace.
The inscription on the pedestal reads: "In memory of the victory at the Kagul River in Moldavia, July 21, 1770, under the command of Count Peter Rumyantsev the Russian army of seventeen thousand caused the Turkish Vizier Galil-Bey and his army of one hundred thousand and a half to flee to the Danube".
Notes
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- ^ "Tsarskoe Selo State Museum and Heritage Site". Home. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Kagul (Rumiantsev) Obelisk (Tsarskoe Selo State Museum and Heritage Site) [1]
- Kagul Obelisk in Pushkin (Advisor.Travel) [2]
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