Memory of the World: Exhibition “Liberation of Europe”, dedicated to the Foreign campaign of the Russian Army in 1813-1814 in Saint-Petersburg

The exhibition “Liberation of Europe” opened at the exhibition hall of the Narva Triumph Arch in Saint-Petersburg. It is dedicated to the Foreign campaign of the Russian Army in 1813-1814. For many our contemporaries this is a little-known page of the national history.

One of the most majestic and monumental monuments to soldiers-winners is the Narva Triumphal Gate. Napoleon’s expulsion from Russia and the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812 were for the Russian Empire only the beginning of a great European military campaign that lasted for one and a half years, and ended in France of a capture of Paris and the overthrow of Napoleon.

The exhibition features prints featuring the most significant fights and battles of 1813-1814, during which Russian troops distinguished themselves; devoted to these same battles are commemorative medallions by sculptor F. P. Tolstoy, portraits of the heroes of the era, including the mastermind of the campaign of Emperor Alexander I and Guards Corps commander, General Fedor Petrovich Uvarov, who bequeathed his fortune to build the Narva Triumphal Arch. Visitors can also see a replica of Russian and French military costumes of the era (suit non-commissioned officer of the Life Guards Semenov regiment specially made ​​for the exhibition) and military-historical miniature.