Demidovsky Pillar, Barnaul

The Demidovsky Pillar is a modern obelisk on Demidov Square in the Central District of Barnaul, Russia.

It was begun on the initiative of Pyotr Kozmitch Frolov, with the first stone being laid on 18 June 1825 and completed in 1839.

It is made of 12 grey granite blocks, cut and processed in the Kolyvanskoy township and floated down the Tcharych and Ob to Barnaul on rafts.

[This quote needs a citation] Also on the pedestal was a cast-iron oval bas-relief with a portrait of Akinfiy Demidov produced at the Guriev plant.

The inscription plaque was replaced in 1949 with one reading: Monument to a century of mining production in the Altai (1725–1825).