Next to the Elbe River U.S. and Soviet Meeting monument.

The monument depicts a larger-than-life figure of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln shaking hands with Russian Tsar Alexander II, symbolizing a transatlantic gesture of cooperation during the mid-19th century. Set before a Corinthian column topped with a three-masted sailing ship, the monument stands about 6 meters high, with both figures approximately 3 meters tall.

Although Lincoln and Alexander II never met in person, they corresponded, and each led their nation through major reforms. Lincoln, who served as President during the American Civil War, issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, a defining act in the abolition of slavery in the United States. Alexander II abolished serfdom in Russia in 1861. Both leaders were later assassinated: Lincoln in April 1865, and Alexander II in March 1881.

The sculpture was created in 2011 by Russian artist Alexander Nikolayevich Burganov and was originally displayed in Moscow as part of a joint U.S.-Russian historical exhibition highlighting the legacies of Lincoln and Alexander II as national reformers.

Source of information: https://dzen.ru, https://vk.com, www.smithsonianmag.com, https://statearchive.ru, https://2009-2017.state.gov, www.themoscowtimes.com