Photos of Triumphal Arch of Moscow

To the east of the square of Victory Park, you can see the Arc de Triomphe in Moscow, which is comparable to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. Because it was built to commemorate the same war: France was to commemorate Napoleon's occupation of Moscow in 1812; Russia was to commemorate the Russian army's victory over the French army in 1812. Only 30,000 of the 600,000 troops led by Napoleon returned to Paris. The Arc de Triomphe is 28 meters high. Between the gateposts, there are four Russian soldiers in armor, with shield guns in their hands, and the words "Expel France, Liberate Moscow" are engraved on their fingers. To the left of the Arc de Triomphe stands a blue cylindrical building. This is the Panorama Museum of the Battle of Borodino. The panorama means that there are complete panoramic murals painted on the circular inner wall of the museum, with real objects placed nearby, and the characters in the paintings are life-size. The whole picture is 115 meters long and 15 meters high, which vividly reproduces the fierce battle between the Russian army and the French army in the village of Borodino, 110 kilometers west of Moscow, on September 7, 1812. There are 400 marshals and generals and more than 3,000 soldiers on the screen. The battle scene is vivid and realistic. The battle is described in detail in War and Peace. On the east side of the museum, there is also a statue of Marshal Kutuzov riding a horse.