UMgibeli Wamahhashi Wethusi Kuyisikhumbuzo esihle kumsunguli weSaint Petersburg, Peter omkhulu, itholakala eSenatskaia Ploschad '(Square), ebheke emfuleni iNeva futhi izungezwe yi-Admiralty, iSthedral Cathedral yaseSt.
Itshe lesikhumbuzo lakhiwa ngoku-oda kweNdlovukazi UCatherine Omkhulu njengentela kowandulela isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi saseRussia, uPeter Omkhulu. Njengoba eyinkosazana eyazalelwa eJalimane, wayemagange ukusungula umugqa wokuqhubeka namakhosi aseRussia angaphambilini. Ngalesi sizathu, umbhalo etsheni lesikhumbuzo ufundwa ngesiLatini nangesiRashiya: IPetro Primo Catharina Secunda - KaPeter I kaCatherine II.
Lesi sithombe samahhashi sikaPeter Omkhulu, esenziwe ngumdwebi odumile waseFrance u-Etienne-Maurice Falconet, simele izinguquko ezibaluleke kakhulu zombuso eRussia njengeqhawe laseRoma. Isisekelo senziwe ngocezu olulodwa lwegranite ebomvu, ebunjiwe ngokuma kwewa. Kusukela phezulu kwaleli “dwala” uPeter ngesibindi uhola iRussia iye phambili, ngenkathi ihhashi lakhe linyathela inyoka, emele izitha zikaPeter nezinguquko zakhe.
Ngokwenganekwane yekhulu le-19, amabutho esitha awazange angene eSt. Ngesikhathi seMpi Yomhlaba Yesibili, lesi sithombe asizange sisuswe, kepha sasivikelwe ngamasaka esihlabathi kanye nendawo yokukhosela yokhuni. Ngale ndlela, itshe lesikhumbuzo lasinda ekuvinjezelweni kweLeningrad izinsuku ezingu-900, ngaleyo ndlela lahlala likhona.