, ▁pl aster ed ▁and ▁white w ashed ▁termin ating ▁in ▁the ▁huge ▁co pper ▁sphere ▁to pped ▁with ▁a ▁symbol ▁of ▁the ▁Russian ▁state ▁— ▁a ▁two - head ed ▁e agle . ▁On ▁a ▁front ▁part ▁of ▁each ▁py ram id , ▁the ▁municipal ▁coat ▁of ▁arms ▁granted ▁to ▁Tag an rog ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 8 ▁by ▁the ▁em peror ▁Alexander ▁I ▁was ▁fixed . ▁ ▁In ▁hundred ▁years ▁the ▁city ▁authorities ▁made ▁capital ▁repair ▁of ▁ob el is ks : ▁spher es ▁and ▁two - head ed ▁e ag les , ▁the ▁crow ning ▁py ram ids , ▁removed ▁and ▁an ew ▁applied ▁g ild ing , ▁stone ▁columns ▁and ▁the ▁bases ▁upon ▁which ▁they ▁were ▁based , ▁pl aster ed ▁c ement ▁mort ar . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Soviet ▁period , ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 , ▁all ▁her ald ry ▁was ▁removed ▁from ▁columns ▁of ▁a ▁bar rier . ▁ ▁Two ▁styles ▁of ▁a ▁bar rier ▁continued ▁to ▁stand ▁till ▁ 1 9 6 9 . ▁Under ▁a ▁pre text ▁that ▁they ▁h inder ▁traffic , ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁st eles ▁were ▁destroyed ▁at ▁night . ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁at ▁the ▁corner ▁of ▁Pet rov sk aya ▁Street ▁and ▁D zer z hin sky ▁Street ▁the ▁re construct ed ▁square ▁was ▁open . ▁In ▁memory ▁of ▁a ▁city ▁bar rier , ▁the ▁reduced ▁copy ▁of ▁one ▁ste le ▁was ▁constructed . ▁The