Monument to Alexander Nevsky (Kharkov)

The monument was built in the summer of 2004 and erected in August 2004, during the celebration of the 350th anniversary of the city of Kharkov. The location of the monument is Akademika Pavlova Street , a square in the area of ​​the 15th city hospital, near the Alexander Nevsky Church . The sculptor is Seyfaddin Gurbanov .

The three-meter bronze figure of Alexander Nevsky is located on a four-meter pedestal lined with granite. The commander is captured walking, in forged chain mail and with weapons in his hands.
According to the author of the monument, S. Gurbanov, Nevsky looked just like that at the moment when he said the words “whoever comes to us with a sword will die from the sword” ^[1] . Although this phrase was invented by the writer Peter Pavlenko for the film " Alexander Nevsky " ^[2] .

On May 17, 2015 at 18:05 ^{[3] [4] a} message was received by the police about the theft of the sword from the monument of A. Nevsky, an investigation of this fact was launched ^[5] .

• Alexander Nevskiy
• Monuments of Kharkov