Flags
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The modern Russian flag was adopted in 1993.
Statues&monuments
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The Bronze Horseman, an impressive monument to the founder of St Petersburg, Peter the Great, stands on Senatskaia Ploschad'.
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/monuments/bronze-horseman/
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/monuments/bronze-horseman/
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This monument to Catherine the Great was unveiled in 1873. The Empress was adored by the people of St. Petersburg for all her efforts to improve the life and education provided by the city and her reign has long seen been known as the "golden age" of Russia. The statue of Catherine is surrounded by delicately carved figures of the most prominent individuals of her reign: politicians and poets, military men and courtiers.
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/monuments/catherine-the-great/
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/monuments/catherine-the-great/
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On May 23, 1909 the controversial monument to Alexander III was opened in the center of present day Ploshchad Vosstaniya. It depicted a very stout bronze figure of the counter-reformist and unpopular Russian Tsar combined with a very heavy horse on a pedestal.
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/monuments/alexander-3rd/
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/monuments/alexander-3rd/
famous landmarks
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Red Square dominates the center of Moscow as much as it did Soviet-era politics, which began in 1917 under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin. The Lenin Mausoleum in Red Square that displays Lenin’s body is a tribute to his role in the revolution that resulted in the creation of the Soviet Union.
http://traveltips.usatoday.com/5-famous-landmarks-russia-102365.html
http://traveltips.usatoday.com/5-famous-landmarks-russia-102365.html
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Russia’s oldest stone monument is the Cathedral of St. Sophia, originally built in 1045, according to the Russian National Tourist Office. This church is in Novgorod, a city that has been important to the development of the Russian empire since the medieval era. http://traveltips.usatoday.com/5-famous-landmarks-russia-102365.html