Token - Saint Petersburg 300th Anniversary Saint Isaac's Cathedral

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The Coat of Arms of St. Petersburg.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
1703-2003
ГКXV
СПМД
САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ

Translation:
SPMD
Saint Petersburg

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Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor (Russian: Исаа́киевский Собо́р) in Saint Petersburg, Russia is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral (sobor) in the city. It is the largest orthodox basilica and the fourth largest (by the volume under the cupola) cathedral in the world. It is dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, a patron saint of Peter the Great, who had been born on the feast day of that saint.