Monument to Peter I in the village Somino Boksitogorsky district was inaugurated July 12, 2012. This is the first monument to the great emperor, set in the countryside. Selecting a location for the monument is not accidental. Peter I have been to these places. After the founding of the new capital on the Neva River, Peter understood the importance and necessity of economic relations between the two capitals. He learned that from Petersburg three hundred miles is Lake Sominskoe from it in different directions flow two rivers: Sominka through Chagoda, Chagodoshcha, Mologa, which flows into the Volga and Valchenka that flows into the Neva River and Lake Ladoga through Syas. At this point, the watershed basins of the two river systems.

Peter I decided myself to see the lake and came to this place. He looked and walked on foot all the neighborhood before deciding to build here Tikhvin water system. This happened in 1712, the ingenious design have realized only after 100 years. In memory of the merits of the king of the temple in the village Somino is named in honor of the Apostles Peter and Paul.

Tikhvin water system for St. Petersburg was a window into Russia, and the village Somino Peter and Paul church was some link which united the two capitals of Russia. In 2012, it celebrated 300 years since a visit to this region by Peter the Great. For this anniversary, and the installation of the monument was dedicated.

The idea of ​​the monument to Peter belongs to the Rector - Father Gennady Belovolova. Embody the idea in life was not very easy. I have a question: where to take the monument as it is installed. For help rector turned to the charity fund "Alley of Russian Glory", is installing monuments to the great Russian people. Chairman of the Foundation, Mikhail Serdyukov was to find an opportunity to give a monument to the arrival of the emperor.

To remove the monument helped members pikalёvskogo association of veterans of Afghanistan and the Russian hotspots "Registan". With the installation of the pedestal and the acquisition helped Vladimir E. Zagarskikh. The pedestal was taken ten days before the opening of the monument. Weight pedestal with a bust is about two tons. The total height of the monument with the pedestal is 3 m 20 cm. Peter I looks open, determined to look to the future.

At the opening of the monument gathered locals, pilgrims from the cities of Pikalevo and St. Petersburg, the inhabitants of nearby villages, towns and villages, heads of administrations Boksitogorsky district and other villages. Solemn right to remove the veil from the state symbols to the opening of the monument was given to the church assistant sominskogo Zagarskikh VE, administration Boksitogorsky area and Pikalevo, Zaborevskogo, Yefimovsky, Pobdoroskogo rural settlements, director of CDC Yefimovsky VS Yezhov, members of the clergy. At the opening of the monument were raised two flags and two hymns sounded - the imperial and modern.

The monument is a reminder of the descendants of the great things in this region of the first Russian emperor. Monument king-working people opened in the memory of his deeds, and in the hope that the Russian people would still like rulers, who do not spare their lives for the country.