The Russian Emperor Alexander I particularly favored Taganrog and did much for its development and prosperity. The first time he visited Taganrog in May 1818 during his journey to the south of Russia. A second visit with his wife committed Elizabeth A. autumn of 1825 due to illness of the Empress, which the doctors recommended a favorable southern climate.

The mayor of Taganrog was sent a telegram to wish the emperor a long stay in the city and the need to prepare the Regal Apartments, preferably in the house where he was staying on the first visit. From the treasury of the money was allocated in the amount of 25 thousand rubles, and by September the house was ready to receive important guests. House represented the single-storey building with outbuildings. Originally it belonged to the Governor-General PA Papkova, who later sold it to the city construction committee and he became a government house city government. Here the emperor lived for several months before his sudden death.

The desire to erect a monument to the inhabitants of Taganrog Alexander I had heard the new Emperor Nicholas I, and agreed to draft a monument to the rector of the Academy of Arts of the famous sculptor Ivan Martos. Celebrations to mark the opening of the monument took place in October 1831 with a solemn church service, evening illumination, church bells of all the temples of the city, with volleys of guns and ground-based instruments of vessels lying on the roads.

The monument was erected in the center of Jerusalem, the area in front of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery. The monument was a magnificent bronze sculpture of the Emperor to his full height, in a simple cloak covering the general's uniform. In one hand the emperor was holding a scroll - a set of laws, and the other was holding his sword. Foot, he stepped on the body of the snake as a symbol of the victory over Napoleon, located in the legs angels, as if pointing to his angelic nature. Equally magnificent was also a three-tiered granite pedestal, which were 14 degrees. The total weight of the monument was 100 pounds (1600 kg)! Later, in 1837, around the monument installed the cast iron pedestals with heavy chains, and in 1888 around the monument pitched Square, surrounded by wrought fence.

Unfortunately, after the revolution in 1920, the monument was demolished in 1932. The bronze sculpture was sent to be melted down, and only survived thanks to the drawings in St. Petersburg today, we can submit it to the true dimensions of art and its implementation.

By the 300th anniversary of Taganrog, it was decided to restore the monument. And in September 1998, a large gathering of the townspeople have opened a modern monument to Emperor Alexander I. The new decision sculptural snake disappeared, it does not date according sculptors attribute disappeared cupids, and the monument itself has moved from the center of the area to the edge. A few years later the chain around the monument restored on pedestals that emphasized its completion. On the front of the monument - a laconic inscription: "Alexander I. 1830".

Monument to Alexander I in Taganrog was another historical and cultural attractions of the seaside town.