In the Novouzensky district found a fragment of the pedestal Alexander III

Another element of the monument to Emperor Alexander III was discovered. This is reported on the page in “Vkontakte” public Saratov region.

A fragment of the stone base, which is a third part of the original pedestal, was identified by local historians in the village of Petropavlovka, Novouzensky district. The artifact, badly damaged by time with erased inscriptions in the Old Slavonic language, was transferred for storage to the local church of St. Catherine. Earlier, in 2025, Archpriest Alexander Milovanov reported the discovery of another part of the monument in the same area.

The history of the monument dates back to 1898, when a bronze bust of the peacemaker tsar was installed in Novouzensk in front of the three-chroned Pokrovsky Cathedral. The composition was located at the altar, whose chapel was dedicated to the holy Prince Alexander Nevsky, the heavenly patron of the emperor. After the revolutionary events, the sculpture was dismantled: one fragment of the pedestal was used to install the figure of Lenin, other parts were in private hands and were considered lost.

The find is of considerable interest to specialists in the history of the region, allowing to restore the appearance of the pre-revolutionary monument, which stood for about two decades.