The Moscow Triumphal Gate in Saint Petersburg was designed by Vasily Stasov, an exponent of the Empire style, who also redesigned the Narva Triumphal Gate. The article names no client. It commemorates the Russian victory in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828 to 1829. The text gives construction as 1834 to 1838, and the gate opened on October 16, 1838.
The gate is mainly cast iron. Its twelve columns weigh about 450 tons combined, and each column has nine blocks. The sculptural figures are copper sheet, modeled by Boris Orlovsky. The article gives no height.
It was dismantled in 1936 under Stalin. In 1941 its cast-iron blocks went into an anti-tank barrier during the Siege of Leningrad. Ivan Kaptsyug restored it from 1958 to 1960, with new columns, friezes and cornices cast at the Kirov factory. The article gives no hours.
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