Irkutsk. Monument on the grave of Grigori Shelikhov (general view and detail of the bas-reliefs). Made in 1800 from Ural marble on orders of N. А. Shelikhova, the explorer’s wife and companion

IRKUTSK. Monument on the grave of the “Russian dlum- bus”‘ Grigori Shelikhov (general view and detail of the bas-reliefs). The monument was executed in lR00 from Ural marble on orders of N. А. Shelikhova, the explorer’s wife and companion. Photo: V. Belokolodov and А. Falamov