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The statue was commissioned from Aimo
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The features of the horse, its gait and which of the marshal's horses it actually represents have been discussed a lot. During his life
Mannerheim owned several horses. Tukiainen studied Mannerheim's last horse Käthy when working on the statue, but it is not a portrait of her as such.
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The bronze statue is 5.4 metres (18 ft) tall. It is raised on a granite plinth, 6.3 metres (21 ft) tall, 6.3 m long and 2.72 metres (8 ft 11 in) m wide.
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