Is it true that the sphinxes in St. Petersburg are from Ancient Egypt? TRAVELMAY 27 2024RUSSIA BEYOND

https://www.rbth.com/travel/337487-sphinxes-petersburg-egypt The trend for sphinxes - lions with human heads - came to Europe after Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign (1798-1801), who took many ancient monuments from there. In St. Petersburg, they also began to be installed in the first half of the 19th century.