Dawakin Tagulla Abin birni ne mai ban sha'awa ga wanda ya kafa Saint Petersburg, Bitrus mai girma, yana cikin Senatskaia Ploschad '(Square), yana fuskantar Kogin Neva kuma kewaye da Admiralty, St. Isaac's Cathedral da gine-ginen tsohon majalisar dattijai da majalissar Synod - ƙungiyoyin gwamnatoci da na addinai na pre-Revolutionary Russia.
Ginin da aka gina shi da umarnin sarki Katarina Babba a matsayin girmamawa ga shahararren magabacinsa zuwa gadon sarautar Rasha, Peter the Great. Kasancewar ta 'yar asalin Bajamushe, tana da sha'awar kafa layin ci gaba da sarakunan Rasha da suka gabata. A saboda wannan dalili, rubutu a kan abin tunawa yana karantawa cikin Latin da Rasha: Petro Primo Catharina Secunda - Ga Pedro I na Catherine II.
Wannan mutum-mutumin dawakai na Peter the Great, wanda shahararren mai sassaka faransan nan Etienne-Maurice Falconet ya kirkira, yana wakiltar mafi mahimmancin sake fasalin jihar zuwa Rasha a matsayin gwarzo na Roman. Madeafaffen an yi shi ne daga ƙaramin dutse mai jan dutse, wanda aka yi shi da siffar dutse. Daga saman wannan "dutsen" Peter da gaba gaɗi ya jagoranci Rasha gaba, yayin da dokinsa ya taka maciji, yana wakiltar maƙiyan Bitrus da gyare-gyarensa.
A cewar labarin karni na 19, sojojin makiya ba su shiga St. Petersburg ba, yayin da "Bronze Horseman" yana tsakiyar garin. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, ba a cire mutum-mutumin ba, amma an kiyaye shi da jakunkuna da kuma katangar katako. Ta wannan hanyar, abin tunawa ya tsira daga kawanyar 900 na Leningrad, don haka ya kasance kusan a tsaye.