The monument to Nikolai Nikolaevich, Grand Duke
(The corner of the  Manezh Square and the Karavannaay  street, Moscow,  1914-1918)

The monument was opened on January 12, 1914.
The author - Italian sculptor  P. Canonica.

Description of the monument

The bronze equestrian statue was placed on a high, decorated by bronze, granite pedestal with high relief groups on the four sides. At the high reliefs there were the pictures of riders including the Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, Tsarevich Alexander Alexandrovich, the generals M. Skobelev, I. Gourko etc.
The episodes of the battles at Shipka and Plevna were  on the monument.  On the back side of it  there was a  group of soldiers with regimental flags.  The bronze sculpture was weighing in at  8 000 kg.
In November 1918 the sculpture was dismantled  and "taken to the Academy of  Arts  for remelting  on the busts of the well-known figures of the  revolution."