🏟️ Russalka Memorial

Estonia · Europe · 59.44°N, 24.79°E

Russalka Memorial is a bronze monument sculpted by Amandus Adamson, erected on 7 September 1902 in Kadriorg, Tallinn, Estonia to mark the ninth anniversary of the sinking of the Russian warship Rusalka, or "Mermaid", which sank en route to Finland in 1893. It was the first monument in Estonia made by an Estonian sculptor. The monument depicts an angel holding an Orthodox cross towards the assumed direction of the shipwreck. The model for the angel was the sculptor's housekeeper.

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Quick facts

Country	Estonia
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	59.44°N, 24.79°E · view on map

Russalka Memorial is located in Estonia, in Europe.

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Barclay de Tolly Monument · Broken Line · Charles Leroux Monument · Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve Monument · Monument of Lihula · Monument to the Revolution of 1905 · Singing Mother.

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