The monument to Peter I, a bronze sculpture on a granite pedestal, is located in Petrovsky Square in Voronezh. Its solemn opening took place on August 30, 1860. The sculpture was created by A. E. Schwartz, while the architects were D. I. Grimm, who also designed the monument, and A. A. Kyuie.

At the time of its opening in 1860, the bronze figure of Peter the Great became the fourth such monument in the Russian Empire. The Voronezh monument complemented the already existing three monuments to the autocrat.

The significance of Peter the First for the history of Voronezh is hard to overestimate. It was by his decree that a shipyard was established in the city, which laid the foundation for the Russian fleet.

During the Great Patriotic War, the monument in its original form was lost. The fascists removed it from the pedestal, melted it down, and used the bronze for the needs of the Reich. Thus, the city lost one of its key symbols. The emperor returned to his former pedestal in Petrovsky Square only in 1956. Now Peter the Great, as the rightful symbol of Voronezh, stands again in the center of the city, preserving the memory of the glorious history of shipbuilders.