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284: 24: 129: 761: 212: 179:, July 21, 1770, under the command of Count Peter Rumyantsev the Russian army of seventeen thousand caused the Turkish Vizier Galil-Bey and his army of one hundred thousand and a half to flee to the 464: 354: 606: 429: 385: 240: 205: 454: 626: 328: 621: 510: 449: 434: 198: 611: 375: 601: 555: 550: 400: 380: 575: 390: 741: 444: 756: 565: 525: 474: 318: 283: 642: 560: 484: 479: 303: 245: 570: 540: 255: 515: 494: 260: 250: 469: 313: 647: 616: 520: 489: 359: 323: 746: 652: 596: 591: 395: 338: 333: 692: 96: 68: 115: 75: 53: 82: 49: 45: 64: 736: 731: 157: 751: 34: 190: 38: 145: 89: 8: 175:
The inscription on the pedestal reads: "In memory of the victory at the Kagul River in
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Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg
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is one of several such structures erected on behest of
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