Quadriga Statue, St Petersburg
Ornate horse sculpture on the General Staff Building, St Petersburg, Russia.  The sculptors were Stepan Pimenov (1784 – 1833)  and Vasily Ivanovich Demuth-Malinovsky (1779 – July 16, 1846) and the sculpture was unveiled in 1832.

The General Staff Building and Quadriga is located on Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in front of the Winter Palace. 

The sheet copper quadriga, which was commissioned to commemorate the Patriotic War of 1812 AD, features a winged Victory on a chariot which is being pulled by 6 bronze horses. The horses are being led by two Roman soldiers on either side of the chariot. Victory is clutching a double-headed eagle sceptre.
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