A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- East Cowes : Romanov Memorial -

Location

At Jabilee Recreation Ground, York Road, East Cowes, Isle of Wight
 
Description

A granite memorial with bronze relief portraits of the Russian Romanov Royal Family, assassinated on the night of 16-17th July 1918.

Funded by the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Romanov Society

Unveiled on 7th July 2018. The sculptor of this work, Elena Bezborodova, a Moscow artist, was present.
Memorial








 
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Inscription


EMPEROR
NICHOLAS II
EMPRESS
ALEXANDRA
TSAREVICH
ALEXIS
GRAND DUCHESSES
OLGA
TATIANA
MARIA
ANASTASIA
AND
GRAND DUCHESS
ELIZABETH
MARTYRED
DURING
THE REVOLUTION
IN RUSSIA
JULY 1918


 

This Monument was created by
the Russian artist
Elena Bezborodova
and presented as a gift to the People of
East Cowes
by the Grand Duchess Elizabeth
Romanov Society, UK and private donors.
07-07-2018


 

 



 
 

 
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