3492851 On a Desolate Shore (Peter the Great) by Lagorio, Lef Feliksovich (1827-1905); (add.info.: Based on a narrative poem of 1833 "The Bronze Horseman: A Petersburg Tale" by Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) about the equestrian statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg, this 1897 painting mythologizies the establishment of the city by Tsar Peter the Great (1672-1725) who stands at the edge of the River Neva and conceives the idea for a city which will threaten the Swedes and open a "window to Europe". From the Alexander Suvorov Memorial Museum. ); Sputnik; Russian, out of copyright.