Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuwanikwa kwezvidhori zveSphinx paUniversity embankment pamberi peAcademy of Arts muSt. Petersburg kunonzi kwakaitwa naAndrei Muravyov, uyo muna 1830 akanga achienda kunzvimbo tsvene. MuAlexandria akaona ma sphinx, ayo aiunzwa kuzotengeswa. Zvivezwa zvekare zvakamushamisa zvokuti akabva atumira tsamba kuMumiriri weRussia, achida kuzvitenga. Tsamba yacho yakabva kuEmbassy ichiendeswa kuSt. Petersburg. Ikoko mugamuchiri wayo, Nicholas I, akatumirazve shoko racho kuRussian Academy of Arts. Pakupedzisira, kutenga kwakadaro kwakatorwa sokwakakodzera, asi pakasvika nguva apo zvinetso izvi zvehurumende zvakanga zvagadziriswa, muridzi akanga atotengesera maSphinx kuFrance. Chete nemhaka ye
Pakupedzisira vakasvika muSaint Petersburg muna 1832.