Sculpture above the triumphal arch victory over Napoleonic France in the 1812 War on the General Staff Building in St Petersburg

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The triumphal arch adorned by sculptors Stepan Pimenov and Vasily Demuth-Malinovsky and commemorating the Russian victory over Napoleonic France in the Patriotic War of 1812.

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Size: 5184px × 3456px
Location: St Petersburg, Northwestern, Russia
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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