
This monument waas place in 1905 for the 50-year anniversary of the First Defense of Sevastopol.
From Wikipedia: The
Siege of Sevastopol (sometimes rendered "Sebastopol") was a major siege during the
Crimean War, lasting from September 1854 until September 1855.
Leo Tolstoy's early book
The Sebastopol Sketches (1855–56) detailed the siege in a mixture of
reportage and
short fiction.