The monument to the hare appeared here in 2003 when Ioannovsky Bridge was put in operation after the restoration. There are a lot of stories and legends about this monument but the most famous says that it is the monument to the hare, who saved himself from the flood by jumping into Peter’s the Great jackboot. The creator of the sculpture is V. Petrovichev, who is the sculptor of the famous cats on the Malaya Sadovaya Street. The sculpture of the hare, who sits on the log foundation, attracts a lot of tourists. They believe that if they make a wish and throw the coin on the foundation it would come true.