Template:Did you know nominations/Stepan Pimenov

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:34, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Stepan Pimenov

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Stepan Pimenov
Stepan Pimenov
  • ... that Stepan Pimenov's (pictured) sculptures for the Admiralty building were removed and destroyed by order of Emperor Alexander II? Source: "In 1815, Pimenov took part in the decoration of the Admiralty, designed by A.D. Zakharov. The sculptor carved 16 statues ... This great work suffered a sad fate in 1860, under the barbarous order of Alexander II, the sculptures were removed, allegedly due to dilapidation, and destroyed." (and [1]

Created by Spokoyni (talk). Self-nominated at 00:32, 28 May 2019 (UTC).

  • Long enough, new enough, sourced inline, and no copyvios detected. The hook is interesting to a broad audience and QPQ is done. AGF on non-English source. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 03:41, 1 June 2019 (UTC)