The Graf Ignatiev monument stands in the city garden between the Drama Theater and the Filial stage. It features a granite base with inscriptions on each side, topped by a bronze bust of Ignatiev. The front of the monument displays his family coat of arms.
Graf Ignatiev (Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatiev) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, best known for supporting Russian expansionism. As ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1864 to 1877, he encouraged pan-Slavic sentiment and nationalism against Ottoman rule, playing a role in the Bulgarian April 1876 uprising. He also urged Russia to declare war on Turkey in 1877 and later negotiated the Treaty of San Stefano in 1878.
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