The Russalka Memorial is a bronze monument sculpted by Amandus Adamson

Amandus Adamson

Amandus Heinrich Adamson was an Estonian sculptor and painter.-Life:...

, erected on 7 September 1902 in Kadriorg

Kadriorg

Kadriorg is a subdistrict in the district of Kesklinn , Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 3,333 . Kadriorg means "Catherine's Valley" in Estonian, this derives from the Catherinethal, a Baroque palace of Catherine I of Russia.-External links:**...

, Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

 to memorize the ninth anniversary of the sinking of the Russian warship Rusalka

Russian monitor Rusalka

The Russalka , was an ironclad monitor of the Imperial Russian Navy, built in St. Petersburg in 1865-1867...

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The monument depicts an angel

Angel

Angels are mythical beings often depicted as messengers of God in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles along with the Quran. The English word angel is derived from the Greek ἄγγελος, a translation of in the Hebrew Bible ; a similar term, ملائكة , is used in the Qur'an...

 holding an Orthodox cross

Orthodox cross

The Orthodox Cross is a variation of the Christian cross and is commonly found in Eastern Orthodox Churches. The cross has three horizontal crossbeams, the top representing the plate with INRI, and the bottom, a footrest...

 towards the assumed direction of the shipwreck. During the Soviet rule the cross was removed and the angel pointed to the sea with her bare hand. The model for the angel was the sculptor's housekeeper Juliana Rootsi, whose grandson is politician Tiit Made.

In 2005, the Estonian Post published a postage stamp

Postage stamp

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series for the 150th anniversary of the sculptor, with the Russalka Memorial depicted on the cover.