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      🏛 Obelisk to the Fishermen Volunteers and Pokrov Chapel

      Рыбацкий пр., у Невы

      A stele in memory of the Rybatskoye peasants who volunteered for the Russo-Swedish War in 1789, and the chapel beside it.

      Obelisk to the Fishermen Volunteers and Pokrov Chapel
      © Opapopa92 · CC BY-SA 4.0
      Obelisk to the Fishermen Volunteers and Pokrov Chapel
      © Peterburg23 · CC BY 3.0
      • The settlement appeared in 1715–1716, when Peter the Great settled about two hundred fishermen's families here to supply Petersburg with fish.
      • The 8.75-metre granite obelisk was erected in 1791 at Catherine II's wish.
      • Every fifth man of the settlement went to war: 38 men, of whom 33 returned.
      • The author is thought to be Antonio Rinaldi or Vallin de la Mothe; an identical obelisk stands in Ust-Izhora.
      • The plaque was torn off in 1917, restored in 1954, torn off again, and the present marble one was installed in 1989.

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      • Rybatskoye and Ust-Izhora: villages on the Neva
      • Old Rybatskoe on the Bank of the Neva

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