1933-1958 in ex.: On r., Russian sailor, standing front, head l., holding semi- automatic rifle in both hands: behind him, above, a Soviet flag: in background, arctic seascape with submarine and warship
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XXVTH/ ANNIVERSARY/ OF THE NORTHERN/ FLEET: Below, anchor with a laurel branch decorated with ribbon.
In Russian: "THE STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY/NAMED AFTER M.E. SALTYKOV-SHCHEDRIN": Frontal view of Saltykov -Shchedrin Public Library in Leningrad.
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In Russian: "PRIDE AND GLORY OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY IS MEASURED BY HOW WIDELY BOOKS ARE CIRCULATED AMONGST PEOPLE, HOW MANY NEW READERS ARE SIGNING UP, HOW FAST A BOOK REQUEST IS FILLED.../V.I.LENIN"
Above round edge in Cyrillic letters; MEHEMMED FUZULI 1498-1556; in Arabic Muhammad Fuduli: 3/4 bust of Poet Mehmed Fuzuli, facing front, head, turbaned, turned slightly to l.
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Azerbaijani inscription (in Cyrillic characters.: On l., male figure, naked to waist, kneeling, extending l. hand to female figure, standing on r., facing him: behind them, tree.
In Russian: "IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEVASTOPOL": Two-masted warship sailing r.: on l., a monument: below, various arms and a wreath, all wrapped up in four crossed, furled, flags: in distance, on r., a building.
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In Russian, in field: "GLORY TO THE HEROIC CITY!": Statue of V. I. Lenin, standing l., r. arm upraised; below, laurel branch crossed with two furled flags: behind, a building and warship.
RUSSIAN INGENIOUS INVENTOR K.E. TSIOLKOVSKII/1857-1957: Bust of Tsiolkovskii, facing r., with laurel wreath beneath
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"I BELIEVE THAT MANY OF/US WILL BEAR WITNESS/TO THE FIRST OUTER SPACE/FLIGHT"/K. TSIOLKOVSKII/USSR [below]: Top of world globe with rocket shooting off into space above
RUSSIAN INGENIOUS INVENTOR K.E. TSIOLKOVSKII/1857-1957: Bust of Tsiolkovskii, facing r., with laurel wreath beneath
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"I BELIEVE THAT MANY OF/US WILL BEAR WITNESS/TO THE FIRST OUTER SPACE/FLIGHT"/K. TSIOLKOVSKII/USSR [below]: Top of world globe with rocket shooting off into space above
