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Vacant – Southbound
Rostral Column, St. Petersburg
Vladivostok. Rostral'naia kolonna
Iu. Muravin, 1976
From the postcard series "Novosibirsk"
National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg
Portrait of Catherine the Great with the Chesme Column in the background
The Chesme Column is a rostral column, or victory column, commemorating the Russian victories in the Russo-Turkish War, specifically the Battle of Chesma. Made of white and pink marble, the Doric column is decorated with ship bows and crowned by a bronze eagle, the Symbol of Russia, trampling a crescent, the symbol of Turkey.