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Medal - Alexander III Opening of the New Canal Between the Wytegra and Kovzha Rivers
| Location | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1886 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | Five portrait busts in high relief arranged in a quincunx pattern, each set within a laurel wreath medallion: the central and largest effigy depicts Alexander III facing left, flanked at left by Paul I and at right by Maria Feodorovna, with Peter I at top and Alexander II at bottom, all facing left. Decorative heraldic cartouches fill the corners between the medallions. A Cyrillic circular legend runs along the outer border, dated 1886. |
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| Obverse lettering | В ПАМЯТЬ ОТКРЫТІЯ НОВАГО СОЕДИНИТЕЛЬНАГО ПУТИ МЕЖДУ РѢКАМИ ВЫТЕГРОЙ И КОВЖЕЙ 1886 |
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| Reverse lettering | СТАРЫЙ СОЕДИНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ КАНАЛЪ (дл. Аз.) 1799 — 1808 НОВЫЙ СОЕДИНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ КАНАЛЪ (дл. Аз.) 1882 — 1886 ПО НАПРАВЛЕНІЮ КАНАЛОВЪ ПОДЪЕМЪ И СПУСКЪ 11.19 САЖ. КАМЕРЪ ШЛЮЗОВЪ 10 ПОДЪЕМЪ И СПУСКЪ 2.55 САЖ. КАМЕРЪ ШЛЮЗОВЪ 2 |
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