Umkhweli wehashe weBronzi Sisikhumbuzo esimangalisayo kumseki waseSt.Petersburg, UPeter omkhulu, ibekwe eSenatskaia Ploschad '(Isikwere), ejongene nomlambo iNeva kwaye ijikelezwe yiAdmiralty, iSt.Icawa yaseSt.Isake kunye nezakhiwo zeNdlu yeeNgwevu eyayisakuba yiNdlu yeeNgwevu kunye neSinodi - amabhunga olawulo oluntu nawenkolo eRussia yangaphambi kovukelo.
Isikhumbuzo sakhiwa ngumyalelo we-uKumkanikazi UCatherine omkhulu Njengembeko kulowo wayemandulele kwitrone yaseRashiya, uPeter Omkhulu. Ukuba yinkosazana ezelwe eJamani, wayenomdla wokuseka umgca wokuqhubeka kunye neenkosi zangaphambili zaseRussia. Ngesi sizathu, umbhalo kwilitye lesikhumbuzo ufundwa ngesiLatin nangesiRashiya: UPetro Primo Catharina Secunda- kaPeter I kaCatherine II.
Lo mfanekiso oqingqiweyo wamahashe kaPeter Omkhulu, owenziwe ngumdwebi odumileyo waseFrance uEtienne-Maurice Falconet, umele oyena mhlaziyi ubalulekileyo kurhulumente eRashiya njengegorha laseRoma. Isiseko senziwe ngeqhekeza elinye elibomvu, elibunjwe ngohlobo lwelitye. Ukusuka encotsheni yeli "liwa" uPetros ngesibindi wakhokelela iRussia phambili, ngelixa ihashe lakhe linyathela inyoka, emele iintshaba zikaPeter nohlaziyo lwakhe.
Ngokwentsomi yenkulungwane ye-19, imikhosi yotshaba ayizange ingene eSt. Petersburg, ngelixa "umkhweli wehashe waseBronze" wayephakathi esixekweni. Ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, lo mfanekiso awuzange ususwe, kodwa wawukhuselwe ngeesanti kunye nendawo yokuhlala yomthi. Ngale ndlela, ilitye lesikhumbuzo lasinda kwiintsuku ezingama-900 zokungqingwa kweLeningrad, lishiya liqinile.