On November 28, in the afternoon, a solemn ceremony of opening the monument to the hero of the Russian-Persian war, General of infantry Pyotr Stepanovich Kotlyarevsky, took place on the embankment of Feodosia. The ceremony began at 12 o'clock. It was attended by assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, Deputy Minister of defense of the Russian Federation — chief military-political control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Andrei Kartapolov, state Council Chairman Republic of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov, Sevastopol Governor Michael Razvozhaev, Minister of culture of the Republic of Crimea Arina Novoselskaya, and command the black sea fleet of the Russian Federation. The Grand opening of the monument was accompanied by a salute from historical cannons, and the black sea fleet frigate Admiral Makarov fired back. The monument was erected on the initiative of the Russian military historical society. Work on the construction of the sculpture began in September this year on the city embankment. The monument represents