This silver medal was commissioned by the merchants of Saint Petersburg to commemorate the accession of Alexander I

This silver medal was commissioned by the merchants of Saint Petersburg to commemorate the accession of Alexander I. It was struck in Prussia, at the Royal Mint in Berlin.

The engraver was Abramson.

On the obverse: Minerva, holding a pike in her left hand and in her right a shield with the monogram of Catherine II; to her left stands Hercules, draped in a lion's skin, with an oar in his right hand. The inscription reads STAERKE WEISHEIT, that is, Strength and Wisdom.

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

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This silver medal was commissioned by the merchants of Saint Petersburg to commemorate the accession of Alexander I

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s