Symbols and orders of the Russian Empire
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Coat of arms, flag, anthem, awards - these and other symbols are attributes of any power, signs of state sovereignty of the country, identity and originality of its people. This book is about the symbols and awards of the mighty Russian Empire, many of which have survived revolutions and changes of system. About them tell both historians and experts in heraldry, phaleristics, ethnography and even musicology. The book will be of interest to any reader, becoming a kind of key to all Russian history and culture of the post-Petrine period. Of particular value is the part of the book dedicated to the orders of the Russian Empire - it is based on unique materials from the archives of the Chapter of the Russian Imperial and Tsarist orders. The history of symbols and awards of Russia is traced from the time of the first Rurikovich to the beginning of the XX century. Used in the first publications of black-and-white drawings in this edition replaced by more than 200 full-color, reproduced from the rarest manuscript and printed books.
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