1782
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The 1,500-ton granite monolith serving as the Bronze Horseman's pedestal was quarried near the Finnish Gulf, where it had been struck by lightning and fractured. Hence "Thunder Stone." It was transported 8 kilometers by sea and land over 9 …
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