In Kronstadt opened a monument to the admiral Litke Fedor Petrovich

The ceremony of opening of a monument to the admiral Litke Fedor Petrovich took place in museum and historical park "Island of Forts" on October 8. The press service of the Russian geographical community reports about it. Opening of a monument is dated for 225-year anniversary of the outstanding admiral and the seafarer. The monument is executed by the sculptor of Studio of military artists of a name of M. B. Grekov Dmitry Klavsuts. The sculpture is executed from bronze. Monument height taking into account a pedestal makes 4,6 meters. At the bottom of a monument the symbols of the Arctic expeditions executed of bronze are established: polar bear, seal and seagull. "Even...