55% of Rigans want monument to Peter I in Riga
54.6 percent of Rigans believe that the monument to Russian Czar Peter I should be erected in Riga. Whereas 37.9 percent of polled Latvians in Riga back erecting it, according to a poll conducted by the public opinion research center SKDS in February.
54.6 percent of Rigans believe that the monument to Russian Czar Peter I should be erected in Riga. Whereas 37.9 percent of polled Latvians in Riga back erecting it, according to a poll conducted by the public opinion research center SKDS in February.
18.4 percent of Rigans and 28.7 percent of Latvians living in Riga believe that the monument should be returned to St. Petersburg, 7.5 percent of the polled say that the monument should be left in the territory of "Teikas nami", 6.2 percent believe that the monument should be donated to a museum in Latvia, but 2.4 percent are convinced that the monument should be demolished.
42.3 percent of the polled showed great interest in the future of the monument, but 30.8 percent of residents of the capital city are indifferent on the matter.
The tender for construction of the monument was held by the Riga municipality in 1908 and 1909.
90,000 rubles were donated for construction of the monument in Riga and in Vidzeme. The 6.5 ton sculpture was molded in Berlin, its granite pedestal was made in Riga. The monument was unveiled on July 4, 1910, in the presence of Russian Czar Nikolai II and many other prominent guests. This was a part of the 200th year celebration since Riga and Vidzeme were included in the Russian Empire as a result of the Great Nordic War.
At the beginning of World War I, the monument was dismantled in July of 1915 and taken to Petersburg on board the English ship "Serbino". The ship was attacked by a German submarine, and it sank near Saaremaa Island. The monument spent 20 years at the bottom of the sea. Estonian divers retrieved the monument in 1934, the Riga City Council bought it out for 15,000 kroons and took it to Riga on July 20.
Kristaps Ceplis LETA
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18.4 percent of Rigans and 28.7 percent of Latvians living in Riga believe that the monument should be returned to St. Petersburg, 7.5 percent of the polled say that the monument should be left in the territory of "Teikas nami", 6.2 percent believe that the monument should be donated to a museum in Latvia, but 2.4 percent are convinced that the monument should be demolished.
42.3 percent of the polled showed great interest in the future of the monument, but 30.8 percent of residents of the capital city are indifferent on the matter.
The tender for construction of the monument was held by the Riga municipality in 1908 and 1909.
90,000 rubles were donated for construction of the monument in Riga and in Vidzeme. The 6.5 ton sculpture was molded in Berlin, its granite pedestal was made in Riga. The monument was unveiled on July 4, 1910, in the presence of Russian Czar Nikolai II and many other prominent guests. This was a part of the 200th year celebration since Riga and Vidzeme were included in the Russian Empire as a result of the Great Nordic War.
At the beginning of World War I, the monument was dismantled in July of 1915 and taken to Petersburg on board the English ship "Serbino". The ship was attacked by a German submarine, and it sank near Saaremaa Island. The monument spent 20 years at the bottom of the sea. Estonian divers retrieved the monument in 1934, the Riga City Council bought it out for 15,000 kroons and took it to Riga on July 20.
Kristaps Ceplis LETA
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