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# In 1922 a quatrain by Demyan Bedny was carved on the pedestal of the monument to Alexander III:
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-1922-na-postamente-pamiatnika-aleksandru-iii-vybili-chetverostishe-demiana-bednogo/
- Published: 2023-08-10T14:27:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T09:23:21.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Architecture, Books, Monarchies, Society, Saint Petersburg

My son and my father were executed in their lifetime,  
And I have reaped the lot of posthumous ignominy:  
I stand here as a cast-iron scarecrow for a country  
That has cast off for ever the yoke of autocracy.

*Literal translation*