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# A pelican feeding its young with its own blood: the emblem of the Department of the Institutions of Empress Maria
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/pelikan-vskarmlivaiushchii-ptentsov-svoei-kroviu-emblema-vedomstva-uchrezhdenii-imperatritsy-marii/
- Published: 2025-11-29T12:48:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:27:52.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Archive, Monarchies, Society

A pelican feeding its young with its own blood: the emblem of the Department of the Institutions of Empress Maria. That is, Maria Feodorovna, consort of Emperor Paul I. This was the name of the principal department administering charity in the Russian Empire

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