The Minin Monument is a building in Napoleon: Total War. It is available only to Russia.
Description[]
This monument to the heroic Minin and Pozharsky adds to national prestige.
Pride in one's nation is a powerful thing, and what better way to instill national pride than to build a structure that celebrates the great achievements of the country? Be it past victories, advances in education and technology, or a collection of treasures, such structures provide a stage to display achievements to the world. National standing compared to other nations is vastly important in matters of diplomacy, so a public demonstration of national power will improve prestige.
This monument was commissioned to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the end of the "Time of Troubles" and ejection of the Poles from the Moscow Kremlin by Prince Dmitry Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin. Funds for the statue were gathered from the residents of Nizhny Novgorod, the birth place of Kuzma Minin. The statue was given to Nizhny Novgorod but the sculptor, Ivan Martos, insisted that the best place for his creation was Moscow. There it remains to this day, even though the Communists considered it an obstruction to their parades.
General Information[]
The effects of the Minin Monument stack with other replenishment effects, such as those from farms, roads, and technologies. This, along with all Russian units' immunity to cold attrition, means that they can weather and recover from losses more effectively than other factions.
Trivia[]
The Minin Monument's appearance in Napoleon: Total War is slightly anachronistic, as it was built between the years 1816-1818, a few years after the Napoleonic Wars.