Medal - Alexander II Opening of the monument Millennium of Russia in Veliky Novgorod ND

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Monument Millennium of Russia in Veliky Novgorod.

Lettering: В ПАМѦТЬ СОВЕРШИВШЕГОСѦ ТЫСѦЩЕЛѢТIѦ РОССIИ

Translation: In memory of the accomplished of 1000 years of Russia

Engraver: P. Brusnitsyn

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The Millennium of Russia is a bronze monument in the Novgorod Kremlin. It was erected in 1862 to celebrate the millennium of Rurik's arrival to Novgorod, an event traditionally taken as a starting point of the history of Russian statehood.