250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAMOUS BATTLE AT POLTAVA/1709 1959: Battle scene
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VICTORY AT POLTAVA WAS POSSIBLE ONLY THANKS TO THE INCREDIBLE VALOR OF OF OUR SOLDIERS// [inscription on tablet beneath] BATTLE AT POLTAVA/WAS A BATTLE FOR EXISTENCE/OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE/OF THE WHOLE STATE: Group of victorious soldiers rejoicing
GLORY/TO THE GREAT/MOTHERLAND/[in exergue] . JANUARY ./1959: Rocket launching into space, r.; in background, Moscow University building with radiant sun above
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TO COMMEMORATE THE LAUNCHING OF THE WORLD'S FIRST SPACE ROCKET/[within pentagon] USSR/JANUARY/1959//[inscription at center of field] ...I BELIEVE THAT MANY/OF US WILL BEAR WITNESS/TO THE FIRST/JOURNEY INTO THE/ OUTER SPACE/K.Tsiolkovskii: Pentagon with legend in field above.
PETRVS ALEXII FIL D. G. RVSS IMPREX SIB . ASTR . CAS . M. DVXMOSC./in ex: reDIt e CertaMIne/VICtor [PETER ALEXEEVICH BY THE GRACE OF GOD RUSSIAN EMPEROR, TSAR OF SIBERIA, ASTRAHAN, KAZAN, GRAND DUKE OF MOSCOW/in ex: Victorious Returning from the Battle]: Peter I on horseback, scepter in l. hand, advancing over war trophies beneath
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gLorIosa VICtorIa aD LeesnaM/28 . SEPT . S . V ./LEESNO/in ex: DEVICTO LOWEN HAVPT/CAESIS AVT CAPT . XVI . MILL . SVEC . [Glorious Victory at Leesno/28 September (Old Style)/Leesno/in ex: LOEWENHAUPT CONQUERED/16000 SWEDES KILLED OR CAPTURED]: Nike stg. r. with trumpet and laurel wreath, leaning onto oval shield inscribed "CAPVT/EST/A CORPORE/LONGE/OVID."; at her feet, war trophies; in background, aerial view of battlefield
GLORY/TO THE GREAT/MOTHERLAND/[in exergue] . JANUARY ./1959: Rocket launching into space, r.; in background, Moscow University building with radiant sun above
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TO COMMEMORATE THE LAUNCHING OF THE WORLD'S FIRST SPACE ROCKET/[within pentagon] USSR/JANUARY/1959//[inscription at center of field] ...I BELIEVE THAT MANY/OF US WILL BEAR WITNESS/TO THE FIRST/JOURNEY INTO THE/ OUTER SPACE/K.Tsiolkovskii: Pentagon with legend in field above.
